It might better if Polish companies were not involved in reconstructing Lviv, Poland’s foreign minister has suggested, citing an ongoing legal dispute between the city in western Ukraine and a Polish contractor.
Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi announced on Wednesday that the city had secured €2.5 million ($2.9 million) in funding and signed six cooperation agreements with foreign partners during an event dubbed “Lviv Resilience Day” in the Polish city of Gdańsk.
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The signings took place ahead of the Ukraine Recovery Conference, a major annual gathering held this year in Gdańsk, to which Sadovyi was not invited, according to Polish officials.
Agreements announced by Lviv involved companies and institutions from several countries, but none from Poland.
Commenting on Polish firms’ absence, Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski wrote on X: “Maybe that’s for the best, because the Polish company that built a waste incineration plant in Lviv has been waiting a long time to be paid.”
The comments come amid a broader spat between politicians in Poland and Ukraine over the countries’ sensitive common history, which has led to President Volodmyr Zelenskyy canceling a planned visit to the Gdańsk conference, sending the country’s prime minister instead.
What’s the Lviv dispute about?
Sikorski’s post refers to a long-running conflict between the Lviv city authorities and Polish firm Control Process, which was involved in constructing a waste processing facility in the city.
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