Polish President Andrzej Duda said that attempts to block Ukraine’s accession to the European Union play into the hands of Putin’s policy. He stated this while commenting on the statement of Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosyniak-Kamis that Ukraine cannot join the EU without solving the Volyn issue.
“I tried to act in such a way as to avoid creating tension between Warsaw and Kyiv as much as possible. It was not easy because there are difficult topics between us. But I also talked about these topics with President Zelenskyi, and the best example of this was the presence of the president in Lutsk on the anniversary of the Volyn massacre,” Duda said, reports Polsat News.
“Finding an understanding with us on all difficult issues, including historical ones, is also in the interests of Ukraine. Please remember that Ukrainians have many problems with the past since the Second World War,” he added.
Duda noted that Putin attacked Ukraine to stop its integration into the EU.
“If someone says in this regard that they will block Ukraine’s access to the European Union, then they, in this way, correspond to the policy of Vladimir Putin. Well, I don’t know if this is the intention of the current government,” he said.
“I would like to know what ministers and prime ministers mean when they make such statements. These are complex issues, in particular those that Ukrainians themselves have been silent about for years, and which must be taken into account,” Duda added.
