President Kwaśniewski will push for waiving visa requirements to the U.S.

The number one issue for discussion concerns visa requirements for Poles traveling to the United States, which Poland wishes to have lifted. The subject has become so intense, that it dominated a debate last week in the Sejm. Although the issue of waiving this visa requirement will most probably not be supported by U.S. officials, it might become a turning point in negotiations for several other issues. One of those might include the signing of a contract for Bumar for the delivery of military equipment to the Iraqi army. Foreign Minister Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz said yesterday that he would be surprised if there is not some form of compromise on the issue of visas, after Kwaśniewski's meeting. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 6; Rzeczpospolita, p. A1) A.K.