Polish FM statement seen by Moscow as attempt to review WWII outcome
MOSCOW. Feb 2 (Interfax) - A statement by Polish Foreign Minister Grzegorz Schetyna, who said he could not understand why the 70 anniversary of WWII victory should be observed in Moscow rather than in Poland, is another attempt to revise the outcome of WWII, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin said.
"This is another awkward attempt of the Polish politician to cast doubt on the WWII outcomes and the Soviet Union's role as the winner in the Great Patriotic War [of 1941-1945]," he said on the Russian News Service radio on Monday.
The Polish foreign minister suggested that the WWII victory anniversary should be observed in London or Berlin rather than in Moscow.
"It is unnatural to mark the anniversary of the end of the war where the war begun," Schetyna said. "For some reason, we have easily accustomed ourselves to the fact that Moscow rather than London or Berlin is the venue for observing the anniversary of the end of the war," he said.
Russia will mark the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII on May 9, 2015. The leaders of many countries have been traditionally invited to Moscow to attend the jubilee events.
