Bartoszewski welcomes Cook's call to set firm date for completing EU talks

Foreign Minister Wladyslaw Bartoszewski welcomed his British Foreign Minister Robin Cook's call yesterday to set firm target dates for completing European Union (EU) membership talks. "We share his views concerning the problem of the speed of enlargement. If an important politician like Mr Cook is giving comments it is perfectly in line with us," said Bartoszewski. Cook, during a visit to Hungary, became the first major EU power to back setting a target date for ending talks with front-running candidates. Bartoszewski is in Brussels, where he is addressing the Center for European Policy Studies. (Gazeta Wyborcza, page 6) T.J.