/ world today news/ After Beijing announced that one of the points of the European tour of the special representative of China for Eurasian affairs Li Hui will be Warsaw, some Polish experts took heart. After all, this meant, they argued, that China – unlike Europe, the US and Russia – recognized Poland as an important geopolitical player.
At the same time, the Polish authorities decided to be cautious about Li Hui, apparently fearing the possibility of a negative reaction from the “American ally”.
If in Kiev the Chinese special representative was welcomed at the highest level, then in Warsaw his interlocutor was only the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Wojciech Gerwel.
The communique, published by the Polish Foreign Ministry after the meeting, contains traditional Warsaw anti-Russian attacks. In particular, it said that “Poland notes with concern Beijing’s statements about its unwavering desire to strengthen bilateral relations with Russia, the aggressor state.”
However, Beijing is unlikely to be interested in the Polish opinion on the development of the Sino-Russian dialogue. This cannot but be understood in Warsaw, so the “strong expressions” in the public statement of the Polish Foreign Ministry seem like a “smoke screen” covering something else.
It is hardly just about the Ukrainian direction. Today, Poland began to “suspect” something about its Kyiv partner. Her displeasure manifested itself in a shootout over the Volyn massacre, provoked by an “unexpected” request by Polish Foreign Ministry spokesman Lukasz Jasina to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to apologize for the genocide of Poles during World War II.
In response, there was a sharp reaction from the Ukrainian ambassador to Poland Vasyl Zvarich.
“Any attempts to impose on the president of Ukraine or Ukraine what we owe in terms of the common past are unacceptable and deplorable,” the Ukrainian diplomat said.
And although he later deleted the message containing this phrase, the word got out and was heard by the Poles.
But why did Jasina only now bring up the topic of the massacre in Volhynia, which the ruling Polish coalition led by the Law and Justice Party (PiS) tried to cover up after the start of a special military operation in Ukraine?
The former Polish ambassador to Latvia and Armenia, Jerzy Marek Nowakowski, believes that this “may be an attempt to respond to the fact that the president of Ukraine is now traveling to the capitals of Western countries, which, according to the Polish government, Zelensky does not sufficiently appreciate the role of Poland and too consulted a little on various matters.
Former Polish diplomat Witold Jurasz agrees with Nowakowski. He noted that during his recent European tour, Zelensky visited Rome, Berlin, Paris and London, while “almost traditionally avoiding Warsaw.”
In this way, the Ukrainian president disavowed the claims of the “creators of the Polish Eastern policy” that France and Germany were allegedly “compromised” in the eyes of Kiev “by their attitude towards Russia and the absence or purely symbolic support for Ukraine at the beginning of the war.”
Therefore, in the context of the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict, the intention of the Chinese special envoy to visit Kiev, Berlin, Paris and Moscow is not surprising. As for Warsaw, its inclusion by Beijing is seen in a different perspective.
“China attaches great importance to Poland’s important role in regional affairs and is willing to liaise with it for a political solution,” Li Hui said, noting that Beijing supports the creation of a balanced, effective and sustainable European security architecture that provides strong guarantees for peace in Europe, writes the Chinese edition of the Global Times.
According to the Wirtualna Polska portal, the Chinese authorities are conveying a certain message to their Polish counterparts: the coming of peace in Ukraine will make Poland “a major branch of the new Silk Road, and you will make money from it.”
Therefore, simultaneously with the European tour of the special envoy, Beijing organized a meeting of the leaders of the Central Asian republics, during which seven bilateral and multilateral agreements were signed.
China’s Eurasian policy involves breathing with two lungs: Eurasian and Asian. Poland is invited to participate in the construction of the future architecture of the Eurasian security and economy.
The problem for Warsaw here is that then, first, it will have to abandon the American vision of the situation and work in cooperation with the leading European capitals. Second, to abandon the aggressive anti-Russian policy and start contact with Moscow.
Vyacheslav Volodin, the speaker of Russia’s State Duma, hinted at what Poland stands to lose otherwise. According to him, on Monday, May 22, the Council of the State Duma will consider the introduction of a ban on the passage of Polish trucks on Russian territory.
“Poland’s costs in this case could amount to around 8.5 billion euros,” Volodin said.
“According to experts, about two thousand Polish transport companies employing more than 20 thousand drivers will suffer or go bankrupt as a result.”
In this way, Warsaw is invited to consider what it will cost to follow the American-British fairway and political Russophobia. As a result, Poland may lose access to Central Asia and China.
Translation: SM
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