New program designed to increase trade between Poland and Sweden

The Secretary of State at Sweden's foreign ministry, Sven-Eric Soder, has said that in the next several years Polish-Swedish trade is expected to at least double. The Poland-Sweden 2003 program announced by the Polish government has been designed to help support these plans. "In 1999 Sweden was advertised in Poland, now we would like to present our country to Sweden," said Andrzej Byrt, the Undersecretary of State at the Polish foreign ministry. "We intend to show Sweden a new picture of Poland as a future partner in the European Union." According to Soder, the program of promoting Sweden in Poland turned out to be a huge success. Today around 100 Swedish companies operate in Poland and Swedish direct investment in Poland amounts to $2.1 billion. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B2) A.Z.