Finnish prime minister Matti Vanhanen is flying to Warsaw on Friday (17 November) for a working dinner with prime minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski to try and break the deadlock on the EU-Russia summit.
The sudden visit comes after Poland vetoed the launch of EU-Russia talks on a new post-2007 strategic partnership treaty, saying the EU must ask Russia to ratify the 1991 Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) on market access and help Poland break a Russian embargo on Polish food exports.
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Already a member? Login hereAndrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.
Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.