NEWS

18/02/2019

10:17

PM on the V4 Summit in Israel: This Issue is Now Being Weighed, One Way or Another. We Cannot Allow Ourselves to Accept Such Racist Statements

Michał Olech

- As announced earlier on the bus, this matter, which is currently somewhat hanging in the air today, concerning Minister Czaputowicz's trip to Israel, is now being weighed one way or the other. Through Ambassador Magierowski and his interlocutor from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I requested an appropriate reaction following the reprehensible, absolutely unacceptable racist formulation that unfortunately came from the newly appointed head of the MFA. These words were spoken, and of course, we cannot allow ourselves to accept such racist statements; moreover, we strongly emphasize that we will fight for historical truth, for the honor of Poles who fought for freedom, their lives, and the lives of all Polish citizens from the first to the last day of World War II. That is the truth about history, nothing will change it, and we will break certain racist stereotypes. I am pleased that the Prime Minister of Israel, in his telephone conversation with me yesterday, fully reiterated the declaration that we signed in June 2018 – stated Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki at a briefing in Raszyn.

- What happened, those words, are an example of anti-Polonism, racist anti-Polonism. We certainly cannot agree to this, and we will react to it – added the head of the Polish government.


Michał Olech