Polish Ambassador to Ukraine Jan Pieklo in an interview with Dilova Stolytsia publication said he believed certain marginal groups both in Poland and Ukraine want to spoil bilateral relations between the two countries, much to Russia’s pleasure.
"I do not think that the state of Ukrainian-Polish relations today is a tragedy," he told Dilova Stolytsia.
“In the history of our relations there is a certain cyclicality: at some point they improve and sometimes they may worsen. It’s like neighbors have it: they argue and then make peace. […] So I would not talk about the worst crisis or collapse of Polish-Ukrainian relations. But we must admit that our historical dialogue is going through not the best of its phases now,” said the Polish ambassador.
“Honestly, there are marginal groups of useful [for Russia] idiots who want to spoil our good-neighborly relations, both from the Polish side and the Ukrainian side, and, unfortunately, they reached the mainstream... " Jan Pieklo said.
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Nevertheless, Pieklo believes that the meeting of the presidents of Poland and Ukraine, scheduled for December 13 in Kharkiv, will take place.
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