There are currently no events to display. Ukrainian relations as international relations were revived soon ukrainian polish relations Ukraine gained independence from the Soviet Union in the early 1990s.
They have been both improving and deteriorating since. Ukraine and Poland are respectively, the second and third largest Slavic countries, after Russia. The two countries share a border of about 529 km. Ukraine is the country with the largest number of Polish consulates. 1920, in the aftermath of World War I, which saw both the Polish-Ukrainian War and the Polish-Ukrainian alliance. On October 13, 1990 Poland and Ukraine agreed to the “Declaration on the foundations and general directions in the development of Polish-Ukrainian relations”.
Article 3 of this declaration said that neither country has any territorial claims against the other, and will not bring any in the future. Both countries promised to respect the rights of national minorities on their territories and to improve the situation of minorities in their countries. Support for Ukrainian sovereignty has become an important component of Polish foreign policy. Poland has been an avid supporter of Ukraine throughout the tumultuous period of the Euromaidan and the 2014 Crimean Crisis. The Polish government has campaigned for Ukraine in the European Union and is a supporter of sanctions against Russia for its actions in Ukraine. Poland has declared that they will never recognize the annexation of Crimea by Russia. Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia remain a contested topic today.
In 2016, a special screening of the Polish film Volhynia by the Polish Institute in Kiev for Ukrainian MPs was postponed due to concerns that it may disrupt public order, on recommendations from the Ukrainian foreign ministry. In 2018, novelized Article 2a of the Polish Act on the Institute of National Remembrance, which from then on discusses the ” crimes of Ukrainian nationalists and members of Ukrainian organizations collaborating with the Third German Reich”, again caused criticism from the Ukrainian side. Poland has an embassy in Kiev and consulates-general in Kharkiv, Lutsk, Lviv, Odessa and Vinnytsia. Ukraine has an embassy in Warsaw and consulates-general in Gdańsk, Kraków, Lublin and Opole. Archived from the original on 2005-02-22.
Local Border Traffic Agreement With Poland Takes Effect”. Poland to open consulate general in Sevastopol in 2010″. Archived from the original on 2010-05-18. Polish ex-minister quoted saying Putin offered to divide Ukraine with Poland”.
Mówię: UPA odpowiada za ludobójstwo Polaków. Polish MPs adopt resolution calling 1940s massacre genocide”. Marshal of Polish Senate Warns Ukraine against Adopting Resolution on Genocide”. Kiev screening of Polish film on WWII massacre postponed”. Польські депутати вночі прийняли закон про заборону ‘бандерівської ідеології’ ” ZN. Wolczuk, Poland and Ukraine: a strategic partnership in a changing Europe? Royal Institute of International Affairs, 2003.
Iffly, Catherine, Du conflit à la coopération? Echoes of the Past in Contemporary Politics: the case of Polish-Ukrainian Reconciliation, SEI Working Paper, No. Litwin Henryk, Central European Superpower, BUM Magazine, 2016. Roman Drozd, Roman Skeczkowski, Mykoła Zymomrya: Ukraina — Polska. Jump to navigation Jump to search Not to be confused with Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine.
