The German government has officially rejected Warsaw’s request to negotiate reparations for damages caused to Poland during World War II, Poland’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday, AFP reported.

“According to the German government, the issue of reparations and compensation for war damage remains closed, and the German government does not intend to start negotiations on this issue,” the ministry said in a statement released after receiving an official response from Berlin.

“According to the German government, the issue of reparations and compensation for war damage remains closed, and the German government does not intend to start negotiations on this issue,” the ministry said in a statement released after receiving an official response from Berlin.

Poland demands reparations from Germany, which Warsaw estimates at 1,300 billion euros.

On Tuesday, Polish diplomacy notified the UN, asking its high-ranking representatives for “cooperation and support for Poland to receive compensation for the damage caused by German aggression and occupation in 1939-1945.”

According to Germany, Poland renounced war reparations in 1953 and reaffirmed this rejection several times. Berlin advanced the same arguments against Greece’s earlier demands for compensation.

Nationalist conservatives in power in Poland deny the validity of the 1953 agreement, arguing that Warsaw was acting under pressure from the Soviet Union at the time.

Since coming to power in Poland in 2015, the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party has often defended the issue of war reparations, insisting that Germany has a “moral obligation” to do so.