Tusk: Removing obstacles to exhumations of Vyn victims key to reconciliation

Pish Prime Minister Donald Tusk stated this on X, Ukrinform reports.

"Ukraine will not block the exhumation of victims of the Vyn massacre. Our ministers are starting to work on specifics. I he there will be no more obstacles this time. This is the key to the complete reconciliation of our peles, so necessary at this dramatic moment in our common history," Tusk wrote.

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As is known, a joint statement was adted flowing Tuesday’s talks between the Foreign Ministers of Ukraine and Pand, Andrii Sybiha and Radosław Sikorski. It states the parties are determined to resve the controversial issues of the common past in the name of universal human values ​​and in the Christian spirit. The document says that in the shortest possible time, Ukraine and Pand will launch a joint Working Group under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and Strategic Communications of Ukraine and the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Pand to achieve understanding between the parties.

"Ukraine confirms the absence of obstacles to Pish state institutions and private companies conducting search and exhumation work on the territory of Ukraine in coeration with relevant Ukrainian institutions in accordance with Ukraine’s legislation and declares its readiness to positively consider applications on these issues," the joint statement of the two ministers reads.

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As Ukrinform reported earlier, Kyiv expects the ening of the first two clusters in the EU accession talks, as well as the approval of the 15th package of Russia sanctions during the Pish presidency of the Eurean Union in the first half of 2025.

Pish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski, during a joint press conference on Tuesday in Warsaw with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, answering questions from an Ukrinform correspondent, stated that checkpoints on the Pish-Ukrainian border are part of critical infrastructure and must not be blocked by protesters.