Will Indonesia use Poland as way round U.S arms embargo?

The President of Indonesia Megawati Sukarnoputri launched her official visit to Poland yesterday. Indonesia is interested in the purchase of Polish military equipment. According to the Indonesian Foreign Minister Nur Hassan Wirajuda who touched on the issue with his Polish counterpart Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz, this is nothing new. Indonesia has been using Poland's experience and equipment for years. It is rumored that in this way, Indonesia intends to bypass an embargo imposed on the country by the U.S. At the same time, the Presidents of Poland and Indonesia signed a declaration to establish a Polish-Indonesian Business Council. President Kwaśniewski said that Poland has a huge deficit in trade with the Asian country. Last year it amounted to $208 million, and $1 billion for the last six years. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A6; www.onet.pl) A.Z.