Decision to ban Sheremeta from entering Poland contradicts agreements reached

The decision to ban Secretary of the State Interagency Commission for the Commemoration of Victims of War and Political Repressions Sviatoslav Sheremeta from entering Poland contradicts the agreements reached in Krakow on November 17 by the Consultative Committee of the Presidents of Ukraine and Poland, the press service of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has reported.

This was announced to Polish Ambassador to Ukraine Jan Pieklo who was summoned to the Foreign Ministry on Saturday, November 18.

"During the meeting it was noted that the ban on entry into Poland for Sheremeta contradicts the logic of constructive agreements reached by the co-chairs of the Consultative Committee of the Presidents of Ukraine and Poland in Krakow on November 17, 2017," the report says.

"In this regard, the [Ukrainian side] expressed hope that bilateral agreements reached the day before will help resolve the unfortunate situation with Sheremeta without delay," the ministry added.

In early November 2017, Polish newspaper Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, referring to its sources, reported that the Foreign Ministry of Poland had been drawing up a list of Ukrainians who will be refused entry to Poland. According to the newspaper, the list could include Sheremeta, who this summer decided to ban exhumation works in the village of Kostiukhnivka, Manevychi district, Volyn region, as part of the work of the Polish Institute of National Remembrance to search for members of the Polish Legions in 1915-1916.