Merkel and Kopacz meet in Krzyżowa.

Twenty-five years ago, Helmut Kohl and Tadeusz Mazowiecki met in Krzyżowa. This gesture was commemorated by a meeting of German and Polish leaders. Kohl and Mazowiecki's meeting was seen as a major post cold war reconciliation between the two nations. Polish Radio coverage reported extensively from Krzyżowa in Lower Silesia. Angela Merkel pointed to the difficult history of Poland in light of German Nazi invasion as well as the following events marking deportation of Germans from Silesia and Pomerania. The current relations between the countries are given as a model to follow in Europe. During the meeting with Polish PM Ewa Kopacz in Krzyżowa, Angela Merkel said, "We are aware that only together with Russia can we ensure European security in the long term, and sanctions are not our goal in and of itself, but we must have dialog with Russia."