– Polish POWs, with their hands tied, were shot in the back of the head and thrown into unmarked mass graves. One by one, twenty-two thousand times. Let no one be surprised that the images of the events of Bucza and Irpień last year brought us these terrible memories of our past – the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Poland to the U.N., Krzysztof Szczerski, said today at the United Nations Headquarter in New York.

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- We are absolutely convinced that a country aggressed by its neighbor has a right to legitimate self-defense, including by military force. Assisting such a country is not only admissible, but legally substantiated and morally right. A case in point is Ukraine, which is fighting a just war, defending itself from the brutal aggression from Russia – Szczerski said at the Security Council forum. The ambassador stated that Poland supports the victim of this aggression providing humanitarian, financial and military assistance. – We will continue to do so until just peace is restored, international law is obeyed and perpetrators are brought to justice. Poland is proud to be a part of the world’s collective self-defense against a trespasser trampling on the most fundamental principles of the UN Charter – the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Poland to the U.N., Krzysztof Szczerski, added.

The Polish ambassador called on Russia at the Security Council forum to return the wreckage of the presidential plane that crashed near Smolensk on April 10, 2010. – The investigation of this heartbreaking tragedy that claimed the lives of 96 people cannot be completed to this day, because Russia stubbornly refuses to Polish investigators the key evidence in the case, i.e. the remains of the plane and flight recorders. Someone might ask: what is the secret behind this catastrophe that does not allow Russia to release this key evidence? – Krzysztof Szczerski said during a Security Council debate convened by Russia on “violations of agreements regulating the export of arms and military equipment”. The ambassador called on Russia to return key evidence in the case and to fully cooperate with the Polish investigation to “explain all the circumstances of the catastrophe so characteristic of the tragic history of our region.”

(JAP)