Ukraine's EU bid: Poland has put forward a historic demand

The Speaker of the Polish Sejm, Włodzimierz Czajasty, stated that Ukraine must acknowledge the Volhynian tragedy as a genocide of Poles.

The Speaker of the Polish Sejm, Włodzimierz Czajasty, stated that Ukraine must name the Volhynian tragedy 1943_1944 a genocide of Poles, if it aspires to join the European Union. He said this after a meeting with the head of the Verkhovna Rada, Ruslan Stefanchuk, in Świdnica, Poland, according to Rzeczpospolita.

Czajasty emphasized that he supports Ukraine's euro-integration, but believes that on the path to the EU Kyiv will have to confront difficult pages of its own history.

"The EU is democracy and values; it is not just an ATM. It also means calling a genocide by its name. It is history, and no nation can escape its history," the Polish politician said.

At the same time, he drew attention to the deterioration of Polish-Ukrainian relations and tension between the two societies. According to him, people who supported each other just a few years ago now increasingly clash.

"I condemn all forms of improper conduct, whether by Poles toward Ukrainians or by Ukrainians toward Poles," Czajasty said.

He also called the meeting with Stefanchuk a step toward restoring dialogue between the countries. "No situation is so bad that there is no way out; we need to restore mutual trust," the Speaker of the Polish Sejm concluded.

As reported, the State Interagency Commission on the Honoring of the memory of participants of the antiterrorist operation, war victims, and political repressions has decided to conduct exhumation studies in several regions of Ukraine.

Ukraine and Poland have completed exhumations in Volyn region.

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