Polish president on meeting with Zelenskyy: "We were unable to resolve historical issues"

Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Karol Nawrocki. Photo: Zelenskyy on social media

Polish President Karol Nawrocki has reported details of a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Ankara, saying that they "were unable to resolve the historical issues".

Source: a statement by Nawrocki, as reported by Polsat News

Details: Nawrocki said that Poles' emotions regarding the Volyn tragedy are not open to discussion and added that the lack of agreement on the issue is "a specific problem". [The Volyn (Volhynia) tragedy was a series of events that led to the ethnic cleansing of the Polish and Ukrainian populations in 1943 during World War II. It was part of a long-standing rivalry between Ukrainians and Poles in what is now Ukraine's west. Poland considers the Volyn tragedy a genocide of Poles – ed.]

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