I ask the Secretary General of the Council of Europe Marija Pejczinović Burić and the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe to establish co-operation with a view to obtaining war reparations from Poland from the Germany, Deputy Foreign Minister Arkadiusz Mularczyk announced on Tuesday.
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Mularczyk pointed out at Tuesday’s press conference that Poland is constantly trying to internationalize the issue of war compensation for Poland for losses suffered as a result of World War II.
Today I want to tell you about another initiative. Today I address the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Ms Marija Pejczinović Burić, and the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, with a request to establish co-operation on the issue of obtaining war reparations from Germany incurred as a result of World War II
– said the deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
He explained that he was asking Secretary Burić, as well as the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Ministers, to “create an appropriate platform for dialogue between Poland and Germany”.
We are counting on a constructive approach from this organization (Council of Europe), also from the Secretary General, to resolve the issue of war reparations
– added the deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
As he said, legal mechanisms to pursue grievances should be created. He recalled that a few weeks ago Poland sent more than 50 notes to EU countries, the Council of Europe and NATO.
We inform our main allies and partners about the problems of Polish-German relations and the fact that the question of war reparations is not settled between our countries, and that Germany does not express its will to settle it (…) . The answers we receive from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are promising, there is great understanding on the part of our allies, our interlocutors point out that Poland suffered enormous losses during the Second World War (…). Many of our partners did not know that these issues had never been settled in Polish-German relations
– said the deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
As he noted, today the German state does not feel responsible for compensating these losses for Poland, despite the sending of an official diplomatic note and numerous appeals from the Polish authorities.
We see no willingness or acceptance to start talks on this issue
noted Mularczyk.
He added that during the last session of the Council of Europe in October, he gave Burić a report on Polish war losses.
The Secretary General of the Council of Europe sympathized with our legitimate grievances and stressed that these issues should be resolved in the form of a dialogue between the parties concerned.
Mularczyk added.
Presentation of the War Casualties Report
On September 1, a report on the losses suffered by Poland as a result of German aggression and occupation during World War II was presented, which shows that the total amount of losses is more than PLN 6 billion 220 billion PLN 609 million. The report was prepared by a team operating during the previous legislature, led by PiS MP Arkadiusz Mularczyk.
On October 3, Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau signed a diplomatic note to the German side regarding war reparations. In this document, Poland demands, among other things, compensation for material and immaterial losses in the amount of 6 billion 220 billion 609 million PLN and compensation for damages.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, referring to the note sent by Poland, said during her last visit to Warsaw in early October that “the question of reparations is closed from the point of view of the federal government”.
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