He noted the importance of the fact that in approaches to the history of the Second World War one should rely on historical facts and archival materials.

Lavrov said that "Russia is unprecedentedly open to their publication, to familiarizing the general public with these archival documents."

“I think that in the scientific and practical work of the Russian Council on Foreign Affairs this topic will take a serious place in the coming year,” he added.

Lavrov noted that “the entire expert and analytical potential of the council, of course, will be used so that the dialogue on this topic is not politicized and leaves history to historians, does not allow attempts to rewrite the history of World War II, its results, and does not allow attempts to cast a shadow on the heroes of the Great Patriotic War, on the liberators of Europe. "

Earlier in Poland, they said they had a positive attitude towards the possibility of resuming cooperation between the bilateral Group on complex issues of joint history.

On January 17, the Russian Ministry of Defense released declassified documents for the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Warsaw from Nazi occupation.