Tusk and Kaczyński make peace over foreign policy

The talk lasted for over 90 minutes and both the PM and the President were happy with the conclusion according to Presidential Minister Michał Kamiński. Tusk gave his assurances that future foreign policy decisions will be jointly discussed. "I will try to convince the President to trust my ideas, but I will also respect his," said Tusk. Closed meetings between the Prime Minister and the President are to be taking place on a regular basis, with the next likely to occur at the start of next week. "We understand each other better than our colleagues do, as we have known each other for many years," added Tusk. Despite the meeting's positive outcome, the politicians failed to come to a compromise over the most significant issues, such as withdrawal of the army from Iraq and the construction of the US anti missile shield. (Dziennik, p. 1; Rzeczpospolita, p. A3) A.K.