Article: POLAND/RUSSIA: OFFICIALS JOCKEY OVER FOOD EMBARGO, INSPECTIONS

Zoltn Dujisin
Inter Press Service English News Wire
10-11-2007
PRAGUE, Czech Republic, Oct. 11, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- The Russian
government recently announced that it intends to carry out food
inspections in Poland before November, but Warsaw wants Russia to
first lift its embargo on Polish food products.
In response, Kremlin officials have complained about the
difficulty of talking to a more "complex" EU, in which agreements
are more difficult to reach due to the 2004 accession of former
socialist states that harbor resentment toward Russia.
Poland remains Russia's most staunch enemy in the Central
European region, with history, ideology and energy playing key
roles in the diplomatic impasse. ...

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