Brussels, 18/04/2007 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission indicated on Wednesday 17 April that it was rather optimistic about its chances of persuading Russia to lift its ban on Polish meat (see EUROPE 9405). Health and Consumer Protection Commissioner Markos Kyprianou is due to meet Russian Agriculture Minister Alexei Gordeyev in Cyprus on Saturday 21 April to discuss the matter. Mr Kyrianou's spokesman said that, in the evening of 17 April, the Commission had sent responses to...