European lawmakers regret Poland's lack of cooperation in CIA probe

A delegation of members of the European Parliament (EP) ended a three-day visit to Warsaw on Friday expressing regret over the lack of cooperation from Polish authorities with the European Parliament's ongoing investigation into alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the rendition and illegal detention of terrorist suspects.

The head of the EP delegation, Carlos Coelho, thanked the journalists, NGO representatives, intelligence and airport officials who had agreed to meet them, according to an EP statement.

"I regret, however," he said, "the fact that political authorities from the Polish government and Parliament were not as kind: some government members rejected the invitation, others initially accepted to see us and later refused to come."
Speaking to journalists about the outcome of the meetings in Warsaw, Coelho concluded: "I am afraid sometimes we need to remind our European partners that the EU is much more than a common market." "We in the committee will continue working until the end of our mandate to ensure that freedom, democracy and respect for human rights will be preserved on European soil in the future."
It will be up to the EP Committee as a whole and later with the plenary of Parliament to draft the final conclusions and decide which measures to take accordingly, he added.
Source:irna.ir