08/02/2010 (Agence Europe) Professor Krzysztof Skubiszewski, the first Polish foreign minister following the fall of communism and eminent statesman on the political scene of his country, died on Monday 8 January in a Warsaw hospital. As minister of foreign affairs (1989-1993), he proved a craftsman in constructing diplomatic relations between a democratic Poland and the EU and NATO. He was also behind Poland's withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact and finalised negotiations for the withdrawal of...