"I will not allow this commemoration at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum to become a platform for political, diplomatic or legal debates," Piotr Cywiński said in an interview with Onet, a Polish news outlet.
He reaffirmed this approach in a statement to the British newspaper The Guardian.
"There will be no political speeches at all," Cywiński told The Guardian.
"We want to focus on the last survivors among us and on their history, their pain, their trauma, and the difficult moral lessons they offer us for the present," he added.
In his interview with the onet.pl news website, Cywiński said that this month's 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German camp could be the last attended by Holocaust survivors, most of whom are now in their 90s.
Consequently, the main focus of the commemoration should be on them, he argued.
Spotlight on the last remaining survivors, not politics
"Each country decides who they want to send as the head of their delegation," Cywiński also said in the interview, referring to the list of guests invited to the event.
So far, 50 foreign delegations have confirmed their participation, with heads of state, government leaders and ministers or parliamentary representatives expected to attend, according to Cywiński.
"I will not allow this commemoration to be turned into political, diplomatic or legal debates," he declared.
"Those voices should not dominate on this day," he added, announcing a plan to "stay away from politics" during the anniversary commemorations.
Who will attend
Last week, the Polish government adopted a resolution ensuring the safety of invited guests at the ceremony on January 27, including representatives from Israel.
Cywiński, in a comment to The Guardian, described ongoing speculation about the potential detention of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the event in Poland as a "media provocation" and said that "it was never confirmed" that the Israeli leader even planned to attend the anniversary.
He also said that there was no question of a Russian delegation attending "in the current climate," and that Donald Trump's potential attendance "has not been confirmed until now."
Meanwhile, Israel will be represented by its Education Minister Yoav Kisch, according to Israeli media reports.
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Source: Onet/The Guardian/X/@shaunwalker7/@AuschwitzMuseum
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