Poland will turn to the US Congress to get support from some congressmen for Warsaw’s request to pay Berlin war reparations for the victims and damages of the Second World War, Poland’s Deputy Foreign Minister Arkadiusz Muliarczyk said on Tuesday, reports EFE. quoted by Agerpres.

The initiative is part of the “internationalization” of a campaign launched by the Polish government to obtain such reparations, but categorically rejected by Germany.

“We believe that the United States is a country that defines the world order today, a key country when it comes to respecting the international order of human rights, the rule of law and international justice,” Poland’s deputy foreign minister said during a press conference. conference in Warsaw.

“The participation of the US Congress in this matter is extremely important”

He noted that the Polish government “counts on the support of the American side” in this matter and therefore will first of all address the chairman of the Helsinki Committee in the US Congress, Senator Benjamin Cardin, and Gregory Meeks, the head of the US Foreign Ministry. Committee of the US House of Representatives.

The Polish government official also named Senator Robert Menendez, chairman of the US Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, and Marcy Kaptur, co-chair of the Poland-US friendship group in the House of Representatives, among the persons to be contacted for this purpose. .

Deputy Minister Arkadiusz Mulyarczyk emphasized that, in his opinion, “the involvement of the US Congress in this case is extremely important.”

He assured that similar steps will be taken by Poland, in addition to the UN and the EU, and the Polish government has already sent 50 letters to as many governments to ask for their “cooperation and support” as “friends” of Poland.

Poland wants to receive 1,350 billion euros from Germany

After raising the issue of war reparations for years without putting forward a specific amount, the government in Warsaw last September formally asked Germany to pay it 1.35 billion euros, citing an assessment made by a commission made up of economists, lawyers and historians.

However, the government in Berlin has repeatedly stated that, from its point of view, the question of war reparations demanded by Poland is closed, since the Polish government signed an agreement with the former German Democratic Republic (GDR) in 1953, according to which Warsaw renounced the demands for reparations military compensation.

But, according to Warsaw, that agreement, signed by the Polish communist government, is invalid from a legal point of view, because at that time Poland was acting on the orders of the USSR.

“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,” Berlin reiterated in a written reply to Warsaw last week.

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