Cf. note 1
With regard to the ongoing discussion about German reunification, please findbelow the position to be presented during talks:
The Polish government set out its position on the unity of the German nation underinternational law or as a state in the foreign minister’s statement to the Sejm of 7December 1989. The Polish government made it clear that it respects the right of theGermans to self-determination. However, this right can be realized in the frameworkof European order and stabilization. This order includes the existing borders betweenthe two German states and their neighbours. Both German states can only unite – inone form or another – provided that Poland’s western border along the Oder andLusatian Neisse rivers is maintained. The rapprochement and ultimately fusion of thetwo German states should proceed gradually even as our continent’s unity is restoredand a new security system is built in Europe. This is a complex and multi-stageprocess. The unity of the German nation cannot be restored with a one-off declarationor act. Changes across German territory must go hand-in-hand with changes in Europethat support building structures that would encompass the whole of Europe. This doesnot rule out regional institutions made up of certain countries, however. A reunitedGerman state will have its place in a thoroughly reformed and united Europe.