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FP Passport (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008
I mentioned a few weeks ago that I was getting awfully tired of reading about Russia's strongly worded but vague "warnings" to its neighbors. Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski agrees, and expressed his displeasure yesterday in the politest way imaginable: "Of course we don't like it when the Russian president or Russian generals threaten us with nuclear annihilation. It is not...
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International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
Radoslaw Sikorski, still only 45, traces the links between his own fate and his country's.
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Shining Light In Dark Corners (Free subscription) | 28/09/2008
... Union and NATO , Poland's foreign minister said on Thursday. In a speech at Columbia University, Radoslaw Sikorski said NATO must get back to the basics of exerting its role as a military organisation in light of the war. Sikorski called Russia's August military foray into Georgia a challenge to the European Union's unstated ideology of abolishing borders in order to avoid...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008
Visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov reiterated here Thursday Moscow's opposition to U.S. plans to place a missile defense base on Polish soil. "We don't see any threat from Poland," Lavrov said after meeting with Polish counterpart Radoslaw Sikorski. "But we see a threat to Russian's security as a result of the American strategic system drawing closer to our borders." "Russia...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
The Thursday talks between Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov to be held here will focus on the Georgian-Russian conflict and EU-Russia relations, Polish Foreign Ministry spokesman said Monday. In a statement sent to Polish news agency PAP on Monday, Piotr Paszkowski said Lavrov will arrive in Warsaw on Wednesday. On Thursday, Lavrov will...
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Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
-- Russia and Poland want to continue their political dialogue amid the controversy over the deployment of an American missile shield in Poland, news reports said Thursday. Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski stressed his country's readiness to discuss "confidence-building measures" with Moscow following his talks with Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Warsaw. The deputy foreign...
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Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
... borders," Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told a joint news conference with his Polish counterpart Radoslaw Sikorski."We are certain this system in Europe can have no other target for a long time to come but Russia's strategic forces."Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin warned the West on Thursday against starting an arms race in Europe by stationing a U.S. missile defence shield...
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Reuters (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
... borders," Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told a joint news conference with his Polish counterpart Radoslaw Sikorski."We are certain this system in Europe can have no other target for a long time to come but Russia's strategic forces."Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin warned the West on Thursday against starting an arms race in Europe by stationing a U.S. missile defence shield...
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Global Security (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
Russian FM to talk U.S. missile shield, S.Ossetia in Poland11/09/2008 11:08 MOSCOW, September 11 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's foreign minister will visit Poland on Thursday to discuss U.S. missile shield plans, the Georgia conflict, and ties with the EU. During his one-day working visit to Warsaw, Sergei Lavrov is scheduled to meet with his Polish counterpart, Radoslaw Sikorski, and Prime...
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Global Security (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
... we are ready for such a discussion," Sergei Lavrov said after talks with his Polish counterpart Radoslaw Sikorski. He said Russia was waiting for specific proposals from its partners, which would then serve as a basis for talks. Media reports earlier said Lavrov had cancelled his planned September visit to Poland in mid-August after Warsaw had formally agreed to the deployment of...
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ireland.com (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
... coming closer to our borders," Mr Lavrov told a joint news conference with his Polish counterpart Radoslaw Sikorski. "We are certain this system in Europe can have no other target for a long time to come but Russia's strategic forces." But Mr Lavrov, on his first trip to a European country since last month's Georgia crisis reignited tensions between Russia and the West, balanced his...
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Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has criticised Poland over its plans to host part of a US missile shield. Lavrov told reporters in Warsaw that his country viewed the system as a threat. However, he also used the joint appearance with Polish counterpart Radoslaw Sikorski to call for further dialogue. Poland, a former Soviet era ally of Russia, has angered Moscow by agreeing to host...
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Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
... Lavrov is in Warsaw for talks with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski. He said Russia wanted convincing guarantees that the planned missile and radar installations are not aimed against Moscow. Lavrov also implied that Russia's attitude to the missile shield could hinge on the West's conduct over the breakaway Georgian provinces of South Ossetia...
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Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
WARSAW, September 11 (RIA Novosti) - Russia will continue talks with Warsaw on the deployment of elements of a U.S. missile shield in Poland, the Russian foreign minister said on Thursday. "The [Polish foreign] minister said that Poland is ready to ease our concerns and we are ready for such a discussion," Sergei Lavrov said after talks with his Polish counterpart Radoslaw Sikorski. He...
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Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is in Warsaw for talks with Polish officials over a US missile defence shield. Lavrov is due to meet with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski. He told a Polish daily newspaper that Russia wanted convincing guarantees that the planned missile and radar installations are not designed to target Moscow. Lavrov also...
