Kaczyński meets US and Georgian Presidents in Israel

After a meeting with Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili he called on NATO to give security guarantees to Georgia in its dispute with Russia, or risk undermining its credibility.

Tbilisi accuses Moscow of giving support to Geogria's two breakaway regions bordering with Russia. Both the Polish foreign ministry and diplomats from other NATO countries appeared surprised by the strong language.

Also, Kaczyński managed to secure a private meeting with US President George W. Bush in an attempt to break the deadlock in US-Polish talks on locating the US anti-missile defense system in Poland. He stressed Poland was right to demand a quid pro quo but that it could go too far and lose a project crucial for its security.

Meanwhile, several independent sources close to the US administration told Gazeta Wyborcza that Polish demands were "unrealistic", raising the probability that the talks could soon collapse. (Dziennik, p. 1, 7; Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 1, 12, 13) R.M.