African adventure
The five nations targeted are South Africa, Nigeria, Egypt, Kenya and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Wojciech Jasinki, the Polish Ambassador to Kenya, told the Kenyan press that the move is part of a plan to foster trade relations with developing countries. "What we are doing now is to establish a base-line upon which we can monitor our progress."
Currently, Polish trade with Kenya is seriously imbalanced. Kenya's exports to Poland grew by more than 20 percent last year, coming to almost $10 (zł.31) million. Polish exports to Kenya were worth a pithy $760,000 (zł.2.3 million). Jasinki says this is because of a lack of trade pacts between the countries. He also said plans were underway to establish bilateral agreements with Kenya and was optimistic that Poland's membership in the EU would ease the process.
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Wojciech Jasinki, the Polish Ambassador to Kenya, told the Kenyan press that the move is part of a plan to foster trade relations with developing countries. "What we are doing now is to establish a base-line upon which we can monitor our progress."
Currently, Polish trade with Kenya is seriously imbalanced. Kenya's exports to Poland grew by more than 20 percent last year, coming to almost $10 (zł.31) million. Polish exports to Kenya were worth a pithy $760,000 (zł.2.3 million). Jasinki says this is because of a lack of trade pacts between the countries. He also said plans were underway to establish bilateral agreements with Kenya and was optimistic that Poland's membership in the EU would ease the process.
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