Belka struggles on, while Foreign Minister Cimoszewicz offers his resignation

Yesterday, he met with Self-Defense leader Andrzej Lepper, but talks only lasted for several minutes and brought no results. "Self -Defense will not support a government led by Marek Belka," said Lepper, who told journalists that like other opposition leaders, he believes that an early general election should be held as soon as possible. The SLD's problems continued, as news broke that Foreign Minister Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz presented his resignation to Prime Minister Leszek Miller, who refused to accept it. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 1; Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A3) A.F.