Russia wants to develop relations with Poland as dialogue may help resolve many problems, President Vladimir Putin said here Friday when meeting visiting Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
"Recent bilateral problems were caused by "the desire to protect our economic interests but were never politicized," Putin was quoted by the RIA Novosti news agency as saying.
"Poland remains an important trade and economic partner for Russia and is among ten of its largest trade partners. As for Russia, it is the second-largest trade and economic partner of Poland following Germany," Putin said.
A trend toward growing trade between Russia and Poland has been visible over the past several years, he said.
Tusk met Russian Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov earlier Friday.
"We are going to continue to develop relations with our neighbor and partner Poland in scientific, technical, cultural and humanitarian areas," Zubkov was quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying at the meeting.
The previously frosty relationship between Poland and Russia has improved since Donald Tusk's election victory in October. Under the new premier, Moscow and Warsaw have agreed to tackle the two main disputes holding back their relations.
Moscow hopes that the new Polish government will listen to its arguments against the prospective deployment of U.S. missile defense elements in Eastern Europe. However, Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski said on Feb. 4 that Warsaw and the United States had reached an agreement in principle on the deployment plan after he had received assurances that Washington would help Poland strengthen its security.
Source: Xinhua
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