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Poland Will Support Ukraine.  With Coal?

02 March, 00:00
By Viktor ZAMYATIN, The Day The Polish Premier's visit ended with stating the obvious that Poland is interested in being friends with Ukraine, especially in terms of Polish coal supplies in return for Ukrainian iron ore, Caspian oil being transported to Europe via Ukraine and Poland, and border regions upholding cooperation.

According to Jerzy Buzek, Poland and Ukraine could establish "model cooperation" which, after instituting visa procedures as demanded by the EU, would not hamper bilateral relationships. In a word, both countries could accomplish much. True, in an interview with The Day (see p. Day after Day) Prime Minister Buzek notes that it is still unclear who will finance the Baku-Odesa-Gdansk oil route and who will buy the oil. Also, he carefully avoided the visa issue: whether instituting visas is that necessary and if there is a way to do without it. Likewise, he left unanswered the question about how Ukrainian miners would react to increased Polish coal supplies, considering that state subsidies make Polish coal cheaper.
 

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