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The presidents of both countries treated the terrible event differently. Photo of GETTY IMAGES
The President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko honored the victims of the tragedy of Volyn in the Polish village Sagrin, and the President of Poland Andrzej Dud – to Volyn in Lutsk
In their Speeches, they called Volyn's tragedy a "tragic page" in the history of two peoples and called for reconciliation.
However, the terrible event was treated differently by the presidents of both countries.
Yes, the President of Poland Andrzej Duda called the tragedy of Volyn "ordinary ethnic cleansing."
"This was not a war between Poland and Ukraine, it was a normal ethnic cleansing, as if it was called at that time, to drive the Poles out of these territories, it was the political decision of OUN (b) .It is a scary page in the history of the two peoples, Polish and Ukrainian, full of pain, patience, deep mutual wounds, "he said.
According to Polish radio, he asked the Ukrainian authorities to provide an opportunity to conduct studies that would identify all the victims of the tragedy of Volyn.
"In the history of our two peoples, Polish and Ukrainian, it is a terrible map, marked by pain, patience, deep and reciprocal traumas, which resulted in rebellious actions Polish, thousands of Poles and about five thousand Ukrainians.It is very impressive, and it is a historical truth ", – quotes the edition of the President of Poland.
Photo by Igor Smirnov / Cabinet of the President of Poland
At the same time, he called for building relations with Ukraine in the historical truth.
Duda assured that his country would continue to support Ukraine in pursuing important reforms.
According to the website of the President of Poland, Andrzej Duda participated in a joint prayer at the Lutsk Church of Saints Peter and Paul in honor of the victims of the tragedy of Volyn.
After the completion of the prayer, he presented the bishop of the church of the cross in memory of the dead Poles.
Then the Polish delegation went to the village of Olika, where he visited Radziwill Castle and the old Polish cemetery.
On the same occasion, the President of Ukraine visited the Polish village of Sagrin on Sunday, where he attended the opening of the memorial to the Ukrainians dead of the Polish army of Craiova in 1944.
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He also spoke with representatives of the Ukrainian community in Poland.
During his speech in Poland, Poroshenko said that it is important to remember the innocent victims and to do everything possible so that the peoples "have never known the distraction and confrontation" .
"I believe that the peoples of Ukraine and Poland have enough wisdom not to be subjected to similar provocations aimed at understanding and reconciliation," said the Ukrainian president
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At the same time, Poroshenko said the inadmissibility of political speculation on this topic.
"It is shameful and unacceptable to measure the bloodshed of our peoples and to have political traces in the tragedy, it is a way of doing, in my opinion, a betrayal of the memory of innocent victims of our common tragedy ". 19659004]
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He also called on Poland to make changes to the law, which refers to "crimes of Ukrainian nationalists". [19659004]
"We support initiatives to revise the well-known changes to the Polish legislation on the Institute of National Remembrance – and we hope that the provisions regarding the assessment of Ukrainians will be revised" said Mr Poroshenko.
It should be noted that the programs of the two presidents have never crossed.
The website of the Polish president said that Mr. Dud went to Volyn at the invitation of Metropolitan Lutsk, Bishop Vitaliy Skomarovsky
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The same message contains no information on meetings with Ukrainian leaders.
The Volyn media have already written that the joint events with the participation of the two presidents were scheduled for this day.
Sources of the administration of the President of Ukraine informed the BBC that in the beginning, the Ukrainian side had actually suggested that the Poles carry out joint activities.
"But we received a waiver, that 's why we decided to organize separate events with the participation of the President of Ukraine, who will visit Poland today. ", the source said.
As you know, the tragedy of Volyn is an ethnic conflict between Ukrainians and Poles in 1943 with the participation of the Ukrainian insurgent army and the Polish army of Craiova
In 2016 , the Polish Sejm voted to recognize the tragedy of Volyn as a genocide of the Polish people. In Ukraine, they criticized this decision.
"Inaccurate" he was appointed to the Ukrainian parliament. They believe that he has blocked earlier efforts aimed at reconciliation between the two peoples.
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