Head of the Polish Ministry of abroad Affairs Radosław Sikorski told the European Service The fact is that Poland will not block Ukraine's road to the EU, but it will require negotiations. He noted that Poland must participate in future peace negotiations in Ukraine. Finally, he appealed to politicians in Kiev to carefully choice their heroes referring to the pantheon created there.
- I'm sorry. Poland should participate in future negotiations on the end of Russia's war against Ukraine - said the head of the MFA Radosław Sikorskiin an interview with the Ukrainian European fact Portal.
Among the arguments, the Deputy Prime Minister pointed to Poland's geographical location, the function in the transit of assistance to Ukraine and the importance of logistics hub in Jasionka. He stressed that decisions concerning future peace will straight affect the safety of Poland.
Sikorski about Ukraine in NATO: Needs Europe and Europe
The head of diplomacy recalled that supports Ukraine's NATO membership and that already at the 2008 Bucharest Alliance Summit he advocated specified a solution. He noted that the Alliance membership is in practice safety guarantee, and the experience of Ukraine shows that guarantees are effective only if they are credible.
The Minister besides assessed that Ukraine needs Europe, but Europe besides needs Ukraine. In his opinion, after the end of the war, this country may become an crucial exporter of military technology, and European armies will be able to benefit from Ukrainian experience in conducting modern warfare.
Sikorski besides noted that Poland is participating in Defence consultations in different formats, including E5. He estimated that the era in which the West states themselves decided on the safety of east Europe "should go to past as a bad example."
Ukraine in the European Union? "Poland does not block"
In conversation with the European fact Sikorski He besides referred to the information that Hungarian representatives claimed that Warsaw had requested Budapest blocking Ukraine's negotiations with the EU.
- I'm sorry. We're not blocking any chapter. Either you vote to block or you don't. We don't do that, he said. He added that beginning negotiations was only the beginning of the process and Ukraine will gotta face hard talks and compromises On agriculture and transport, among others.
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Responding to the question whether Poland is ready to support the beginning of all negotiating clusters for Ukraine on the road to the EU, Sikorski explained that First, the European Commission must measure whether Ukraine meets the criteria for beginning each clusterand then associate States take a political decision.
However, he assured that Poland does not intend to block the beginning of clusters, but that does not mean that negotiations will end quickly. In his opinion, the pace of negotiations will depend, among another things, on Kiev and Budapest reaching an agreement on rights of national minorities. He recalled that Poland besides had hard negotiations before joining the EU and that Ukraine would gotta take into account its own interests and the another associate States during the negotiations.
The head of the MFA besides recalled the crisis related to influx of Ukrainian grainto the Polish marketplace in 2023. In his opinion, any of the cereals to be transited to another EU countries remained in Poland, which contributed to the price decrease and farmers protests.
"Agriculture will be a hard subject for the current associate States, not only for Poland, due to the fact that Ukraine has a completely different structure of this economical sector. It has very large farms and any of the best lands in Europe, which is why you are very competitive. This will be the subject of an intense debate - he said Sikorski.
A pantheon of Ukrainian heroes. "The reconciliation is between erstwhile enemies"
Referring to Polish-Ukrainian relations, Sikorski reminded that 2 years ago with the Minister of abroad Affairs of Ukraine Andrij Sybiha announced resumption of the exhumation of victims of the Volyn crime. As he noted, the work was resumed, and now there are besides exhumations of Ukrainians who died in Poland.
He besides commented on the thought of creating Ukrainian national pantheon. The Minister noted that each country has its own historical narratives, but should remember that they are besides assessed by another countries.
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Head of the MFA called on Ukrainian politicians to be careful erstwhile choosing heroes, emphasizing that Kiev has many modern alternatives, including participants in the war with Russia. He noted that any characters have abroad an ambiguous reputation.
Sikorski stressed the importance of reconciliation. It's not usually done between brothers and friends. Reconciliation usually takes place between erstwhile enemies. If France and Germany could make a process of European integration 5 years after planet War II, we could do the same," he said. Sikorski.
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