Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau signed a memorandum addressed to Germany demanding compensation for the damage caused to his country during World War II.

During a meeting with German Foreign Minister Annalena Beerbock in the Polish capital of Warsaw, he noted that “Poland and Germany together have the opportunity to create a model for overcoming the clashes that arise as a result of imperialist policies, regional and material robbery, attempts to colonize and exterminate entire peoples, wherever Polish society alone does not experience the shock of the German armed attack in 1939, and then the occupation, as well as its negative consequences for human resources, economic potential and national heritage.

According to the Polish Foreign Minister, this prevents the two countries from developing relations and limits the chances of deepening bilateral relations, stressing that “the time has come to deal with this problem, so the government that I represented yesterday turned to the German government with a statement about resolving this issue, as well as the settlement” of the just and complete physical and legal damages and losses that the Poles and the Polish state suffered as a result of the Second World War.

He stressed that “we count on good cooperation in this area with the German government, which should set a positive example of overcoming the consequences of the illegal use of violence in international relations.”

At the same time, the Polish minister expressed his conviction that “Germany’s position can change as a result of the dialogue only because no one in Germany or Poland can refer to a moral or legal system within which a criminal can determine for himself and exclusively beyond his own guilt. and limits of their responsibility.

The Polish authorities have previously demanded about $1.3 trillion from Germany in compensation for the damage caused to Poland by World War II, while the German government has repeatedly said that it does not intend to pay the amounts to Poland, according to Berlin. that she had already paid a large compensation to Vera, and there is no reason to doubt Poland’s refusal of reparations in 1953.