German state minister criticises Poland stance on Russia-EU.

Minister of State at the German Federal Foreign Office Gernot Erler has sharply criticised the stance assumed by Poland at talks on the conclusion of a new agreement on cooperation between the European Union and Russia. He said in an interview broadcast by the Berlin-Brandenburg radio station on Friday that such actions of Warsaw will cause Poland’s self-isolation.

In the words of the minister of state, the European Union has promised Poland to take steps that would make it possible to lift Russia’s embargo on the supply to Russia of Polish food products. However, an ultimatum linking this problem with the conclusion of a new agreement between the EU and Russia is inadmissible, the German diplomat stressed.

Erler believes that Warsaw’s actions create a problem also for Germany that in the first half of 2007 will assume the EU rotating chairmanship.

Source:tass.ru