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The German government has officially rejected Poland's request to negotiate reparations for the damage it suffered in World War II, world agencies reported, citing a statement from the Polish Foreign Ministry.

"According to the German government, the case of reparations and compensation for damages due to the war remains closed and the German government has no intention of starting negotiations on this matter," said the statement of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, quoted by BTA.

On September 1, the Polish authorities presented an expert report in three volumes on the losses suffered by Poland as a result of the invasion of Nazi Germany and the German occupation of 1939-1945. The total amount claimed by Warsaw is 6.2 trillion Polish zlotys (about 1.3-1.5 trillion dollars).

On October 3, Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau signed a note demanding compensation from the Federal Republic. 

77 years after the end of the Second World War: Poland wants reparations from Germany

About 6 million Poles, including 3 million Polish Jews, were killed during World War II, and Warsaw was razed to the ground after a 1944 uprising in which about 200,000 civilians were killed.

Earlier today, Polish diplomacy referred the issue of reparations to the United Nations, asking top representatives in the world organization to cooperate in providing support.

Warsaw is asking the United Nations for support in resolving the issue of compensation from Germany for the damage caused to Poland during World War II, Deputy Foreign Minister Arkadiusz Mularczyk said in an interview with Polish Radio.

"Today we are taking perhaps the most important of all steps taken so far. Namely, we are turning to the UN for help in this matter," said the deputy minister.

He noted that he had requested meetings with the UN Secretary General, the President of the General Assembly and the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Mularczyk recalled that in recent months the Polish authorities have been actively campaigning in the international arena to draw attention to the issue of war reparations from Germany.

In particular, Warsaw has sent more than 50 diplomatic notes to EU, NATO and Council of Europe countries.

According to Germany, Poland renounced war reparations in 1953 and has reaffirmed this rejection several times.

Berlin has made similar arguments in the past in response to reparations demands from Greece.

Polish conservatives contested the validity of the 1953 reparations agreement, arguing that Warsaw acted then under pressure from the USSR.

Since coming to power in 2015, the ruling Law and Justice party has often declared itself "in favor" of reparations, stressing Germany has a moral obligation to do so.

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