Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko, Latvian President Valdis Zatlers, Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus, and Polish President Lech Kaczynski have called on the world community to remember about crimes of the communist regime.
The five presidents addressed an international forum entitled "My Nation Will Live Always" in Kyiv on November 22.
"I am calling on all nations to condemn crimes of the totalitarian communist regime and all attempts to rehabilitate or justify the crimes of Stalin and his knights," President Viktor Yuschenko said.
Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus expressed satisfaction that the historical truth has triumphed over decades of lies.
"For the sake of those innocent people killed by the Holodomor, for the sake of fighters for freedom of our nations, we must remember what happened, remember about those tragedies of our nations caused by the totalitarian regime," Adamkus said.
Latvian President Valdis Zatlers said it was necessary to condemn crimes of the totalitarian communist regime, so as to make impossible them in future.
"Recognizing is not enough, it is necessary to understand and do one's utmost to prevent the repetition of this in future," he said.
Polish President Lech Kaczynski thanked Yuschenko and the Ukrainian authorities for the work done on the revival of the historical memory about the Holodomor famine in Ukraine as about a crime of the communist regime.
He said the Ukrainian history must become an integral part of the European history.
"The Ukrainian people are choosing their path. They have a right to this. We are sure this path leads to the West. If the history of Ukraine, as well as the history of my country, must become an integral part of the European history, it is necessary to know the whole truth of the history," Kaczynski said.
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said there are no guarantees that crimes of the totalitarian regime cannot repeat again.
"If there is an attempt to justify and use for political manipulations the topic of the Holodomor famine, this means the ideology of evil still exists. Even 75 years after the Holodomor a seed of evil sprouts and the humankind can be in danger again," the Georgian president said.
Saakashvili voiced hope that consolidated efforts of the world community can tackle the potential threat.
As Ukrainian News earlier reported, the presidents of Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Georgia have arrived in Ukraine to take part in events commemorating millions of victims of the Holodomor famine in Ukraine in 1932-1933 on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the tragedy.
Ukraine observes the 75th anniversary of the Holodomor famine on November 22.
President Viktor Yuschenko has declared 2008 the year of commemoration of victims of the Holodomor of 1932-1933.
According to various estimates, the Holodomor artificial famine killed between three million and seven million of innocent people in Ukraine in 1932 and 1933.
