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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8213

17 May 2002
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/kaliningrad
EU rules out establishment of corridor between Kaliningrad an Russia - Russia reacts firmly

Brussels, 16/05/2002 (Agence Europe) - The EU definitively ruled out the Russian proposal of creating a corridor through Poland and Lithuania to link Kaliningrad to Russia, at a meeting between senior Commission and Russian officials, in Kaliningrad on Wednesday (see EUROPE of 25 April, p.10). Russia reacted immediately stating that: "our position is as firm as the EU's: we must seek a solution providing for the citizens of Kaliningrad to be able to move to the other part of the Russian...

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