WARSAW, Poland, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Russia's foreign minister said Thursday his country and Poland should improve their relations through top-level dialogue.
Addressing reporters in Warsaw, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russia's President Vladimir Putin is interested in meeting his Polish counterpart Lech Kaczynski, Radio Polonia reported.
Lavrov said his talks with Foreign Minister Anna Fotyga covered a planned presidential meeting, whose venue was not of primary importance.
In a report from Warsaw, the BBC said Polish-Russian ties were at such a low level that a meeting between the two presidents could be held in a third country.
Topics discussed with Polish leaders included Moscow's embargo on Polish meat and food, the radio report said.
Moscow's intention to bypass Poland by constructing a gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany was also discussed, but reached no common ground.
Referring to the issue of a possible site for a U.S. anti-missile defense shield base in Poland, Lavrov said Moscow wants clear and frank negotiations focused on a strategic perspective.
