Poland asks, Berlin rejects.
The German government has formally rejected Warsaw's request to negotiate compensation for damages suffered by Poland during the Second World War.
Poland is claiming compensation from Germany amounting to 1,300 billion euros.
The press service of the German Foreign Office confirmed on Tuesday that the federal government had "responded to Poland's note verbale of October 3, 2022", while recalling that it does not publicly disseminate "the various contents of the correspondence diplomatic”.
A “moral duty” of Germany?
Polish diplomacy took the case to the UN on Tuesday, asking its senior representatives for their "cooperation and support so that Poland can receive compensation for the damage caused by German aggression and occupation in the years 1939- 1945,” according to an official statement.
Germany considers that Poland waived war reparations in 1953 and confirmed this waiver on several occasions.
But the ruling Polish nationalist conservatives dispute the validity of that 1953 agreement, saying Warsaw acted at the time under pressure from the Soviet Union.
Since coming to power in Poland in 2015, the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party has often championed the issue of war reparations, insisting that Germany has a "moral duty" in the matter.
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