Prime Minister Leszek Miller sets off on controversial trip to Ukraine

After several days of consideration, Prime Minister Leszek Miller has gone to Lviv in order to take part in the second Polish-Ukrainian Economic Forum. One source of Miller's doubts as to whether or not to go was a very tense internal situation in Ukraine as well as the uncertain future of Ukraine's president Leonid Kuczma. The opposition demands that Kuczma step down, accusing him of commissioning the assassination of journalist Georgij Gongadze. "At the forum there will be an opportunity to discuss primarily economic subjects. I also intend to visit Orleta Lwowskie Cemetery. It is a very important visit to me as it will be my first time in Lviv and at the cemetery," said Miller. According to a member of the Sejm's Foreign Commission, Marek Jurek from the Law and Justice party (PiS), Miller's visit is very risky. "If the Prime Minister is going there he should not let his visit be interpreted as support for the current Ukrainian government," he said. (Zycie, p. 3) A.Z.