In an interview with Onet, Walesa criticized Poland’s refusal to invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
“If the Polish side did not invite President Putin to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camp in Auschwitz, it was to be expected that (Polish leader Andrzej. - RT ) Duda would not have voting rights in Israel. In this situation, he could not fly there, ”Valensa explained.
According to him, in such a situation, Putin will be able to convince everyone in Jerusalem "in his point of view on history."
The former Polish leader emphasized that Putin should have been invited to the event and said bluntly that the Red Army liberated Auschwitz.
“This is historical truth, and no one will change it. If the Polish government wants to create its own historical narrative, this is very frivolous, ”he said.
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Duda previously discussed with ministers historical politics in the context of relations with Russia.
On January 9, the Polish Sejm approved a resolution on allegedly equal "guilt" of the USSR and Hitler Germany at the beginning of World War II.
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, recalled that the truth about those events was recorded by the Nuremberg Tribunal.