Government closes war reparations law, "once and for all"

Foreign Affairs Minister Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz said that the Cabinet "appreciates the Sejm's care" but from a legal point of view there are no grounds to raise the matter of reparations again. The government, however, does intend to implement some aspects included in the Sejm law. For instance, they want all the Poles who were victims during World War II to be included in a program that will provide legal assistance. The ministers also decided to begin estimating the losses caused by the war. "Our intention to make such an estimation has nothing to do with possible claims on our part, but rather to serve as a reminder of the results of the war to all those who forget about them," emphasized Cimoszewicz. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A4) A.F.