WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister told her Polish counterpart Tuesday that there will be no more reparations from World War II. Berlin considers the case closed.
Baerbock addressed Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau at a news conference in Warsaw following their talks on issues such as Poland’s request for reparations.
“The reparations factor is, as you know, concluded from the point of view of the German government,” he said.
On Monday, Rau signed and sent a memorandum to Germany for $1. 3 trillion in reparations and other damages and losses that Poland claims were caused by Nazi Germany’s war profession between 1939 and 1945.
At the press conference, Baerbock strongly reaffirmed Berlin’s position that, as Germany recognizes its former responsibility, the case is closed.
Rau said he believes this position can replace the negotiations in which he expects Germany to participate.
Baerbock insists the two neighbors share a duty to keep Europe united in the face of external threats, such as Russia’s war in Ukraine. He also insists on the importance of the bilateral treaties of 1990 and 1991 that show Poland’s post-war border. Germany and intelligent cooperation between neighbors.
Border security is of paramount importance to Poles, due to centuries of turbulent history.
In the years after the war, Germany paid the reimbursement to the Eastern bloc countries, however, through Moscow’s resolution, only a small part went to Poland, which was the first and hardest hit during the war.
Also on Tuesday, Polish lawmaker Arkadiusz Mularczyk, who has led efforts to rethink the amount of damage owed by Germany, said a similar assessment would be made of the war damage caused by the Soviet Red Army, which also invaded Poland in 1939 and then fought the Germans. on Polish territory to expel them.
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