Heads of Polish and Ukrainian national remembrance institutes hold first meeting since 2018
The two countries have been seeking reconciliation over difficult historical issues.
The senior delegations from Poland and Ukraine held their first meeting since 2018 in Lviv, Ukraine. The discussion centered on exhumations of World War Two victims and potential joint research projects. This meeting was the first direct and productive conversation between the heads of the two institutions in eight years. The Polish Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) is currently led by deputy president Karol Polejowski, while the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance (UINR) is headed by Oleksandr Alfyorov.
The meeting took place amidst efforts by both nations to reconcile over historical disputes that have often caused tensions. This included the recent exhumation of Polish soldiers killed during the 1939 invasions of Lviv, as well as the exhumation of Ukrainian victims of the Volhynia massacres in 1944. The two sides also expressed interest in restoring cooperation in historical scientific research and educational initiatives.
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