Miller meets Blair in London to discuss business, war and sample the beer

"I think it's important for Prime Minister Blair that Poland joins the European Union in 2004," said Prime Minister Leszek Miller after meeting with the British P.M. on Friday. Miller also said that Blair wants British business to expand in Poland, particularly in the form of direct investments. The two leaders also discussed global terrorism and the war against it. Miller assured Blair that Poland fully supports all actions taken by the U.S. and British governments in combating terrorism. Following his working lunch with Tony Blair at No.10 Downing Street, Leszek Miller met with journalists in the "Two Chairman" pub on Dartmouth Street. When asked why he chose this location, he said that Poles like beer and the best place to drink it is a British or Irish pub. (Rzeczpospolita, Nov. 3-4, p.A4) T.J.