Kranidiotis' talks with Poland's chief EU negotiator

Athens 09/03/1999 (ANA)
Alternate Foreign Minister Yiannos Kranidiotis had talks yesterday with Poland's chief negotiator for European Union membership, Jan Kulakowski. Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Mr. Kranidiotis said the talks covered issues related to EU enlargement and negotiations for Poland's accession.  He said progress had been made in the negotiations and expressed the hope that Poland would eventually join the EU.  Mr. Kulakowski too said negotiations were going well and had already reached "a substantial stage".  He said Warsaw believed that Poland could become an EU member in 2002 or 2003. Also discussed at yesterday's meeting were issues related to the Agenda 2000 as well as political and institutional reform in the EU.