New Ukrainian Premier to visit Poland and discuss controversial pipeline

The new Ukrainian Prime Minister, Wiktor Janukowicz, will pay his first official visit to Poland on Wednesday. During his meeting with Prime Minister Leszek Miller, Janukowicz will talk about completing the Polish part of the Odessa-Brody-Gdansk oil pipeline. "The Ukrainian side is pushing to complete the pipeline. We will ask the Ukrainian side for more information first, including details about the cost calculations of the project," said former Economy Minister Jacek Piechota before his dismissal yesterday. Poland in turn, will insist that Polish citizens are allowed into Ukraine without a visa, despite the planned introduction of visas for Ukrainians to Poland. "So far our neighbour's stand on the issue has been very flexible," said government spokesman Michal Tober. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A4) J.K.