Poland presses for EU sanctions against Russia

Despite the fact that France, which currently presides over the EU, wanted to limit itself to warning Russia, other countries, chiefly Poland and the UK, demanded the imposition of sanctions. Moreover, it was decided that Nicolas Sarkozy will fly to Moscow and Tbilisi to try and convince the Russians to comply with the EU peace plan.

"We were dealing with a long prepared act of aggression of Russia on Georgia," said President Lech Kaczyński during the summit, who was doing his best trying to convince other EU leaders to approve sanctions against Russia.

Sources: Dziennik, Gazeta Wyborcza (A.K.)