Less tension between Russia and Poland

On January 21st, Polish and Russian foreign ministers Radek Sikorski and Sergei Lavrov met in Moscow. The daily comments. "Poland is to lift its veto on Russia's talks with the European Union over a new partnership agreement between them, following Russia's decision to lift an embargo on Polish food imports. ... This visit therefore flags an important shift of position on this important diplomatic axis, which will have implications for other Europeans. The EU badly needs to reach a more comprehensive agreement with Russia, notably on energy, trade and economic relations, all of which affect political relations. There are many contentious issues on this agenda (such as the row over the British Council in Russia), just as there are in the Polish-Russian one. In both cases energy looms large, as the Poles still bitterly resent the Russian-German pipeline being built in the Baltic, they say to bypass them. But suddenly a number of these problems look more soluble."

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