On Wednesday, the parliamentary team on reparations will discuss a draft Sejm resolution to the Prime Minister regarding Poland requesting compensation for losses caused by Germany during World War II and taking steps to estimate losses from Soviet aggression – said Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Arkadiusz Mularczyk.

In mid-November, a group of PiS MPs formed a parliamentary team to address Poland’s reparations from Germany and estimate the amount of compensation Russia should pay for damage caused during World War II.

The first substantive meeting of the team will take place on Wednesday, and we invite the director of the Institute of War Losses, Konrad Wnęk, along with a team of experts who prepared a report on the losses caused by Germany. We would like to discuss this report, as well as ongoing work on the loss report from Soviet aggression.

– announced Mularczyk, who is the team leader.

Following up

The Deputy Head of Diplomacy noted that the team will also discuss the preparation of a draft Sejm resolution to the Prime Minister.

The resolution was intended as an appeal to the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers to request compensation, reparations and compensation for the losses incurred by Germany during World War II in the next term of office of the Sejm and to take action related to such estimates. losses caused by the Russian Federation during World War II.

– he informed.

“The idea is that this Sejm resolution should be a call aimed at continuing the work of the 9th term of the Sejm,” added Mularczyk.

The draft resolution to be considered by the team reads, inter alia, that “in view of the enormous losses, suffering and damage caused by Germany during World War II, the Sejm of the Republic of Poland is of the opinion that the issue of the principle of payment of reparations, compensation and losses suffered by Poland and Poles requires settlement between the Republic of Poland as soon as possible in the form of an international agreement and commemoration by building a monument to Polish victims of German aggression. in Berlin.

The Sejm of the Republic of Poland stated that Poland had not received appropriate financial compensation and compensation for the material and intangible losses suffered by the Polish state during World War II as a result of the aggression of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. These losses require the determination and presentation of the necessary estimates, which will become the basis for taking appropriate measures against the Russian Federation

– we read.

Loss report

September 1 last year presented a report on the losses suffered by Poland as a result of German aggression and occupation during World War II. October 3 last year Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau signed a diplomatic note to the German side regarding war compensation. Poland demands, among other things, compensation for material and intangible losses amounting to PLN 6 trillion, 220 billion, 609 million and compensation for losses.

January 3 this year the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the German Foreign Ministry had responded to the note. According to the German government, the issue of reparations and compensation for war losses remains closed, and the German government has no intention of entering into negotiations on this issue.

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