Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said after a meeting in Warsaw with Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Kyrylo Budanov that “the memory of the Volhynia victims is not subject to negotiation.”
He made the statement on X, stressing that “there are boundaries that must not be crossed,” Ukrinform reports.
“Poland and Ukraine are partners in security matters. But in matters of history, we must tell each other the truth, because only in this way can we build the future. Today, during a meeting with General Kyrylo Budanov, Head of the President’s Office of Volodymyr Zelensky, I clearly presented Poland's expectations regarding the decision to name one of the military units after the UPA. The memory of the Volhynia victims is not subject to negotiation. There are boundaries that must not be crossed,” Kosiniak-Kamysz wrote.
Meanwhile, Marcin Przydacz, head of the Office of International Policy under the President of Poland, said his conversation with Budanov focused on bilateral issues, particularly historical matters.
“I presented the Polish position on this matter to the Ukrainian side in an appropriate manner,” Przydacz told the Polish state news agency PAP.
