President Kaczyński meets President Bush and "talk like close allies"

"Meeting with the president of a free country who knows what it means to live in a country deprived of freedom, is very interesting for me," said George W. Bush. He stressed the strength of the mutual alliance and thanked Poland for its will to remain in Iraq until the mission is completed. "We talked about everything what close allies talk about," added a clearly satisfied American president. President Kaczyński admitted that the meeting lasted longer than planned and many important issues were touched on. The most important topics of the conversation, which lasted in excess of two hours, were the situation in Eastern Europe, energy security and presence of Polish troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. The issue of abolishing visas for Poles was hardly discussed. However, President Kaczyński surprised everyone following his arrival in the USA by saying that if visas for Poles were not abolished over the next few years, then Poland might again impose visas for Americans. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A7) M.M.