Buzek's talks with Russian Prime Minister Kasyanov concern pipeline

Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek on Friday informed Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov during his visit to Poland that the government would like to make the terms of the gas agreements of 1993 and 1995 more precise. In particular, an annex was requested to the agreements providing for control of the fiber-optics highway, relations with EuRoPol (the company that owns the Berlin-Yamal gas pipe), and a decrease in the amount of gas received from Russia in order to buy Norwegian supplies. The two prime ministers also discussed the issue of the Pilawska Strait (linking the Baltic Sea to the Vistula Reservoir), which may result in its opening for international vessels, thus transforming Elblag into a sea harbor. (Rzeczpospolita, 26-27 May, p.B1) M. S.-C