16:40 07.07.2018

Poroshenko to visit Poland, Volyn region on July 8

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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will pay a working visit to Poland on July 8 at the invitation of the Ukrainian community of this country, the press service of the head of the Ukrainian state reported on Saturday.

According to the report, the program of the visit includes a trip to the village of Sahryn, Lublin Voivodeship, where Poroshenko will open the memorial of remembrance of Ukrainians who were killed by Polish "peasant battalions" and units of the Home Army in 1944. He will attend a liturgy service for the dead Ukrainians and also meet with representatives of the Ukrainian community of Poland.

In addition, Poroshenko will visit Volyn region to participate in events honoring the memory of Ukrainians killed during the Polish-Ukrainian conflict of 1943-1944.

A report posted on the website of Polish President Andrzej Duda says that he will visit Ukraine on Sunday. In particular, Duda will visit the Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in Lutsk, Volyn region, to attend a liturgy in memory of the Polish victims of the Volyn tragedy.

Earlier, a well-informed diplomat told Interfax-Ukraine that Poroshenko would make a working visit to the village of Sahryn on July 8 and that the Polish president would visit Volyn region on the same day.

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