President warns not to forget the past at the Katyń graves

He reminded that the tragedy of Poles would not have taken place without the Soviet invasion on Poland on 17 September 1939. "If we speak only of sour cards of the past in the 21st century, this will take us nowhere," said Wiktor Masłow, the governor of Smolenhsk circuit welcoming the Polish president. Kaczyński partially agreed with the governor by saying that it lies in the best interest of Poland to maintain good relations with Russia, but at the same time he encouraged Russians to not fear the truth about their crimes. The celebrations in the Katyń forests also gathered families of the murdered soldiers who were openly speaking of the necessity of de-classifying files concerning this tragedy. Apart from the members of the chancellery and the Defense Minister Aleksander Szczygło, the presidential couple were also accompanied by the authors of the Katyń movie by Andrzej Wajda, which had its premiere yesterday.