Cimoszewicz rejects reports of Polish military involvement in Afghanistan

Foreign Minister Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz has rejected claims made in yesterday's Wall Street Journal that Poland will send military units to Afghanistan. Cimoszewicz said, "I unequivocally affirm that to date, no one has approached us with any request in this regard, neither has the notification of any such request been signalled to us." In its report, the Wall Street Journal claimed that Poland has made several offers of military help to the US, and that a detailed deployment plan will be announced later in the week, following military consultations between Poland and the US. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A1) M.T.