<p>World leaders, including President Barack Obama, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, are expected to gather in Krakow, the medieval capital of Poland. <br /><br />The burial ceremony of Kaczynski and his wife Maria will take place Sunday. Their bodies will be placed alongside Poland's key historical figures.<br /><br />"The government headed by Prime Minister Donald Tusk has gone out of its way to arrange a royal ceremony for his erstwhile opponent. That shows Poland has matured over the years and it has become a civilised democratic polity where the differences and the bitterness of the past have been forgotten and forgiven after death," said Boguslaw Zakrzewski, a retired diplomat.</p>
<p>World leaders, including President Barack Obama, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, are expected to gather in Krakow, the medieval capital of Poland. <br /><br />The burial ceremony of Kaczynski and his wife Maria will take place Sunday. Their bodies will be placed alongside Poland's key historical figures.<br /><br />"The government headed by Prime Minister Donald Tusk has gone out of its way to arrange a royal ceremony for his erstwhile opponent. That shows Poland has matured over the years and it has become a civilised democratic polity where the differences and the bitterness of the past have been forgotten and forgiven after death," said Boguslaw Zakrzewski, a retired diplomat.</p>
