The father of the Polish Prime Minister calls for better ties with Moscow, says that re-engagement is in the interest of Europe – RT World News
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The father of the Polish prime minister, who was a radical anti-communist dissident, criticized Warsaw for turning the Poles against the Russians, and said the confrontation with Moscow was in the interest of the government. Europe and the world.
Kornel Morawiecki, Poland's oldest senator and father of current Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, made a series of unexpected statements in a live interview with the RIA Novosti news agency. "I was very saddened by the fact that the Polish government and media, as well as the Polish elites are turning against the Russians against the Russians," he said, claiming that Russia was pursuing also a similar policy
"This is very upsetting for our two great nations", Morawiecki Sr. continued . "Our people have a very complicated history, we were both fighting for hegemony in recent times, and Russia won this battle, but I believe the improvement relations between Poland and Russia is in the interest of our peoples, of Europe and the rest of the world. "
" I would like that to happen, "said the father of the Prime Minister. "I do not know how to do it, but it seems to me that every step and every gesture is important."
The Polish government does not seem interested in accepting Russia, the news agency wrote, noting that Prime Minister Morawiecki has not said a single word about improving links with Moscow in his confirmation speech last year. That was "an error", according to the father of the prime minister. "Many of our friends and partners understand that Russia is important to the world," he says. ” noble=”” sword-14=”” nato=”” international=”” tactical=”” exercise=”” at=”” the=”” land=”” forces=”” training=”” centre=”” in=”” oleszno=”” near=”” drawsko=”” pomorskie=”” northwest=”” poland=”” september=”” kacper=”” pempel=””/>
While Donald Trump plans to meet with Vladimir Putin to try to improve bilateral relations, Warsaw sits on his hands, Morawiecki Sr. remarked. "I wonder why Trump may meet Putin, but [Poland’s President Andrzej] Duda did not even try to arrange a meeting with the Russian president."
"Europe needs Russia in a strategic perspective and Russia needs Europe", he maintained. "Poland, in my opinion, is a natural bridge [connecting] Western Europe and Russia."
The links between Warsaw and Moscow have been strained for years, with the Polish government accusing Russia of hostile policies, harboring grim invasion plans. a 2010 plane crash that claimed the lives of President Lech Kaczynski and his senior officials
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Meanwhile, the Polish authorities gave the green light to the demolition of Soviet memorials in mid-2017, after the parliament adopted a package of legislative amendments prohibiting communist or totalitarian propaganda, including any mention of names on buildings or other architectural sites . Since then, a number of monuments have been removed or desecrated.
The demolition of commemorative sites from the time of the Second World War is "a petty act", Morawiecki Sr. The Soviet Union installed communism in Poland, but this It has nothing to do with the sacrifice of the Red Army to free the country from Nazism, he believes. "Communism limited our freedom, but Poland could not liberate itself from the Germans" he says.
Morawiecki Sr is the founder of Fighting Solidarity (Solidarnosc Walczaca), an anti-radicalist. Communist underground movement. Last year, he made the front page of the Polish media saying that the Jews had moved into the ghetto during the Second World War to avoid non-Jews, including "wicked Poles" interested ? Share this story!
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