Polish foreign ministry to summon Russian ambassador

The Polish foreign ministry is to summon the Russian ambassador after Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said that Stalin allegedly granted land to Poland, Polish prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki has said.

Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki speaking at a conference on Wednesday.

Photo: PAP/Grzegorz Momot

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki shared a tweet on Friday in response to Putin's statement suggesting that Soviet leader Joseph Stalin had supposedly "granted" land to Poland.

Morawiecki wrote on Twitter: “Stalin was a war criminal responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Poles. The historical truth is beyond doubt. The Russian ambassador will be summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs."

Stalin był zbrodniarzem wojennym, winnym śmierci setek tysięcy Polaków. Prawda historyczna nie podlega dyskusji. Ambasador Federacji Rosyjskiej zostanie wezwany do MSZ.

— Mateusz Morawiecki (@MorawieckiM) July 21, 2023

On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a speech in which he claimed that Poland's western lands were a "gift from Stalin" and that Poland should be grateful to the USSR for "restoring its independence."

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Source: IAR