Prime Minister Miller discusses gas, trade deficit during visit to Russia

Polish Prime Minister Leszek Miller began a two-day visit to Russia yesterday. Together with his Russian counterpart, Mikhail Kasyanov, Miller announced that a joint Polish-Russian team of specialists will analyze the investments and contracts concerning gas by January 15, 2002. These detailed analyses are to be completed one day before Russian president Vladimir Putin's visit to Poland in January. The leading subject of the discussions was the problem of how to decrease Poland's $3.5 billion trade deficit with Russia. "Polish entrepreneurs are interested in participating in large investments in Russia. We support such cooperation," said Kasyanov. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 8; Prawo i Gospodarka, p. 4) A.Z.