President Ferenc Madl of Hungary calls for cooperation in EU accession

President of Hungary, Ferenc Madl, who is on his first visit to Poland, has said that the two countries need mutual cooperation if they are to enter the European Union successfully. "We have to avoid all practices that might create an impression of competition," Madl said during a meeting with Polish president Aleksander Kwasniewski. He added that Poland and Hungary should complete their negotiations with the EU in 2002. Madl continues his two-day visit to Poland today in the Gdansk, Gdynia and Sopot conurbation. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A5, Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 11) A.Z.