Poland ready to mend relations with Germany says FM
Germany is our ally, Poland’s foreign affairs minister has said during his visit to Berlin aimed to improve relations between the two countries.
Radoslaw Sikorski, the head of Polish diplomacy, visited the German capital on Tuesday, where he met with Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock.
"I am addressing my compatriots in Warsaw - a European, democratic Germany is our ally," Sikorski said during a press conference. "And that's precisely why my visit may be, and I hope it will be, an important step towards the normalisation of our relations."
"We are committed to working together in a constructive manner as members of the same European family and as allies in the North Atlantic Alliance."
He added that this did not mean that the two countries would agree on everything, as there are always differences of interests between neighbours.
"We will look for areas where we can do some things together, both bilaterally and in European and international politics," he said.
Sikorski said that in order to have a good partnership, listening to what the other side has to say is of key importance and stressed that Poland was prepared to do so.
The Polish side "hopes to restore trust in contacts at all political levels," he concluded.
The previous government dominated by the socially-conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party often appealed to anti-German sentiment in the country that had been ravaged by the Nazi invasion and occupation during World War Two, especially in election campaigns, and the party leader recently went on to accuse the current pro-EU prime minister, Donald Tusk, of being "a German agent."
The new Polish government, which took office last month, has vowed to bring Poland back to the centre of EU and improve ties with its western neighbour. (PAP)
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