“The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Poland and Ukraine, Radoslav Sikorsky and Andriy Sybiga, adopted a joint statement on the issue of exhumations of the victims of the Volyn tragedy at a meeting in Warsaw on November 25. Source: “European Truth” with reference to PAP Details: According to the document, in the near future the two countries will start a joint working group under the auspices of the ministries of culture to conduct substantive work and reach an agreement between the parties.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: “European Truth” with reference to PAP
Details: According to the document, the two countries will soon start a joint working group under the auspices of the ministries of culture to carry out substantive work and reach an agreement between the parties.
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Verbatim from the statement: “Ukraine confirms the absence of obstacles for Polish state institutions and private individuals to carry out search and exhumation works on the territory of Ukraine in cooperation with competent Ukrainian institutions, in accordance with Ukrainian legislation, and declares its readiness to positively consider appeals in these cases.”
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk called this agreement “a guarantee of complete reconciliation of our peoples, which is so necessary at this dramatic moment of our common history.”
Tusk’s direct speech on the X network: “Ukraine will not block the exhumation of the victims of the Volyn tragedy. Our ministers are starting to work on the specifics. I hope that this time there will be no more obstacles.”
The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Andriy Sybiga, noted that both countries will work on practical mechanisms for solving cases related to searches and exhumations.
Prehistory:
- In Warsaw, they said that the resolution of historical disputes will be one of the mandatory conditions for Ukraine’s accession to the EU.
- Earlier, the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance announced that it plans to include the search and exhumation of the remains of Poles in the Rivne region in 2025, responding to relevant requests from Polish citizens.
Read about the Ukrainian view of the situation in the article Pressure instead of understanding: why Poland is not interested in a compromise with Ukraine regarding history.