Poland to veto EU-Russian pact

Published January 21, 2007

WARSAW, Jan 20: Poland will uphold its veto on talks for a new partnership agreement between the European Union and Russia until Moscow lifts its ban on Polish meat imports, Warsaw's Agriculture Minister Andrzej Lepper said on Saturday. “As things stand today -- and I talked to Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski late yesterday -- Poland will not withdraw its veto right now,” Lepper, who is also deputy prime minister, told a news conference in the northern city of Bydgoszcz.—Reuters

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