Heads of state gather for Central and Eastern European Economic Forum

An Economic Forum to be attended by 14 heads of states and business people from Central and Eastern European countries begins in Krynica tomorrow. Economy Minister Janusz Steinhoff will represent Poland, though both President Aleksander Kwasniewski and Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek will make brief appearances. Poland is also counting on bilateral talks with Russia, its third largest trading partner and supplier of strategic exports like oil and natural gas. Business people from Poland will be very willing to meet with their counterparts from Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine now that there is an opportunity to revive trade in the aftermath of the Russian crisis. (Prawo i Gospodaraka, page 3)