RIA Novosti - Polish premier to visit Russia in late Jan.
Polish premier to visit Russia in late Jan.
Poland's new prime minister, Donald Tusk, will visit Russia in late January, the Polish parliamentary speaker said on Tuesday. Speaking during a video link between Warsaw and Moscow, Stefan Niesiolowski said: "We were glad to hear today that our premier is to visit Moscow in late January, and that Russia's foreign minister will visit Warsaw before then." Ties between Poland and Russia began to improve after the new pro-business government came to power in Poland in October. Moscow and Warsaw have since agreed to tackle the two main points of contention in their relations. Moscow has announced plans to lift an embargo on Polish meat supplies, and Warsaw pledged to lift a moratorium on a new EU-Russia cooperation pact it imposed in response to the trade restrictions, which it considered political.
Note EU-Digest: A Kremlin aide said Tuesday that consultations would be held with Poland early next year over Washington's plans to build a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe. "I am happy there will be discussions over the missile defense shield," the aide, Sergei Yastrzhembsky, said at a news conference. He added that the talks would be held in Warsaw. Washington wants to place interceptor missiles in Poland and a radar station in the Czech Republic as part of a shield it says is designed to protect Europe from what they call "rogue states" such as Iran and North Korea.
Russia believes that the shield is targeted against its missile arsenal and poses a threat to its national security.
Labels: Donald Tusk, EU Russia, Missile Crises, Poland
