The resolution calls for the process to continue with the clear aim of ensuring dignified burials and appropriate remembrance.
The measure passed on September 9 with 418 votes in favor, 135 against, and 41 abstentions.
The document says the European Parliament supports efforts by Ukraine and EU member states to address unresolved historical issues, including the World War II-era Volhynia massacre, in a spirit of sincere reconciliation, respect for human dignity, good neighbourly relations, and careful evaluation of historical events.
Polish members of the European Parliament from across the political spectrum backed the wording of the resolution.
Volhynia is a loosely defined historical region now largely in western Ukraine, which has lain on the borderlands of that country with Poland and Belarus over the centuries.
In 1943 to 1945, Polish civilians, along with members of other ethnic minorities living there, were killed in mass attacks by Ukrainian nationalist formations. Estimates of the Polish death toll range from 40,000 to 100,000.
Ukraine lifted a ban on searches and exhumations of Polish victims in November last year.
The first work since that decision took place in the former village of Puźniki, now Puzhnyky in western Ukraine, where Ukrainian nationalists killed an estimated 50 to 120 Poles in February 1945. Excavations recovered the remains of 42 people, and their funerals were held on September 6.
The European Parliament said it expects the reconciliation process to continue constructively and patiently, given the goodwill of all parties.
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Source: IAR, PAP, tvp.info