NATO Ministers meet with U.S. Defense Secretary Rumsfeld in Warsaw

U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who arrived in Poland to take part in an informal meeting of NATO Defense Ministers, said that no decision has been made on a possible war with Iraq. The Polish delegation headed by President Aleksander Kwasniewski as well as Prime Minister Leszek Miller, assured Rumsfeld that Poland's political and military support is possible. The talks will probably cover the sensitive issue of Iraq as well as NATO rapid reaction forces. Rumsfeld has already announced that he is not going to meet German representatives with whom the U.S. is currently in disagreement. "The U.S. is grateful to Poland for its considerable input in the war with terrorism," said Rumsfeld. "The visit of the Defense Secretary personally to Poland proves that the Americans treat us more and more seriously and that we are becoming an increasingly important ally in Europe," says Pawel Gras, a Civic Platform (PO) Deputy and member of the Parliamentary Defense Commission. (Zycie, p. 3; Rzeczpospolita, p. A1) A.Z.