U.S. visas still contentious, but officials keep mum about dialog details

While both Richard Boucher, a spokesperson for the U.S. State Department, and Pietro Petrucci, a spokesperson for the EU, refused to reveal any details of the talks, Rzeczpospolita has claimed the Americans are willing to take into account the fact that Poland and the other Central Europe entrants, have all joined up to the Schengen agreement concerning the waiving of the passport controls within the EU. Furthermore, according to Polish diplomats, citizens of this country will be able to enter the USA without requiring visas come 2007. Among 'old' EU members, only Greek citizens still require a visa to enter the USA. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A1, A8) A.F.