Poroshenko in Sahrynia calls for historic agreement with Poland

The President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, called Sunday in Sahrynia (Lubelskie) for a historic reconciliation with Poland. He said his country was opposed to the politicization of the past and confirmed that Ukraine was ready to dialogue.

The President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda was in Volhynia on Sunday

– I am convinced that there is enough wisdom in Polish and Ukrainian society to understand that any conflict between us weakens us. This is what happens when there is a common threat of the East in front of our countries and when the hybrid Kremlin war against Ukraine spreads across Europe, "he said. said Petro Poroshenko.

On March 10, 1944, the units of the Home Army struck Sahryń, burning the village , populated mainly Ukrainians and killing its inhabitants, including women and children. According to various estimates, 200,000 to 800 people reportedly died in Sahrynia [19659003] Poroshenko arrived in Saudi Arabia at the invitation of the Ukrainian community living in Poland. The President of Ukraine laid flowers in front of a monument commemorating several hundred Ukrainians murdered in Sahrynie

"There will never be conflict and conflict"

– I am very important today with you in Sahrynia the official opening of the commemorative memory of Ukrainians dead at the hands of Polish peasant battalions and units of the Army of the Interior in 1943. It is of our first human and Christian duty to cherish the memory of the innocent victims and to do everything so that there is no conflict and dissension between our nations, "said Poroshenko

The monument was erected at the Sahrynia Cemetery in 2008 after the Polish-Ukrainian inter-state negotiations. Its central element is the Orthodox cross, under which – in Polish and Ukrainian – wrote: "Holy God, gives eternal rest to Ukrainians – inhabitants of the villages of Sahryn, Pasieka, Niewirków, Koniucha, Rudka, Modryń and Cześniki who on March 10, 1944 tragically lost their lives and rested in this cemetery as victims of war and fratricidal struggles. "On the plates on both sides of the cross, the names of the dead were written

Call for Reconciliation

Poroshenko said to oppose the politicization of the past – Any attempt by a political force to To use the historical memory to raise his quotes is absolutely unacceptable, to measure the bloodshed of our nations and to gain political dividends on a tragedy is shameful and unacceptable.This road leads nowhere, I think it is a betrayal of the memory of the innocent victims of our common tragedy – he added.

– We strongly condemn the brutality and violence that have occurred in the past and are happening today, and we call present and future generations as well as Ukrainians and Poles avoid the repetition of a similar tragedy.

– In the face of the memory of the innocent victims of sahrynia, I ask all Ukrainians and Poles to forgive us. It is precisely for mutual forgiveness and not for vengeance that all the innocent victims of fratricidal conflicts between our nations are challenging us from heaven,

Poroshenko on Volhynia and the IPN Act

The President of the Ukraine stressed that it refers respectfully to the Poles, who were victims of tragic events in Volyn. – I would like to emphasize that we respect the representatives of the Polish nation who were victims of the tragic events in Ukraine, including Volhynia in 1943-44. And today, bowing our heads in common prayer, we sincerely turn to God in the words: forgive us our guilt as we forgive our guilty, – he said.

Poroshenko said that Kiev relies on amendments to the amendment to the law on IPN in part, which concerns Ukrainians. President Andrzej Duda, after signing the January amendment, sent him to the Constitutional Court in the form of a follow – up procedure. He wanted the Tribunal to review the respect of the Constitution, including the provisions of the amendment in the part that includes the words "Ukrainian nationalists" and the words "and Eastern Małopolska"; the president pointed out that these concepts are indeterminate.

– We support initiatives to amend the well – known amendment of the Polish Law on the Institute of National Remembrance. We hope this will also change the provisions regarding the assessment of Ukrainians – said Poroshenko.

Author: momo // rzw
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Source: PAP