Brussels, 11/06/2007 (Agence Europe) - The main countries called into question by the report by Dick Marty, rapporteur of the Council of Europe, on the existence of secret prisons run by the CIA in Europe, have one by one rejected the accusations made against them (EUROPE 9442). “There are no secret bases in Poland”, said the spokesperson to the Polish Foreign Affairs Ministry, Robert Szaniawski, in a concise press release issued to the press agency PAP on Friday 8 June. The former Polish president, Aleksander Kwasniewski, whom Mr Marty accuses of complicity, told Polish television (our translation): “Obviously, we enjoy very close cooperation with the United States (…). But I deny all information stating that there have been secret prisons in Poland and that I was aware of them, or that I approved anything of this kind”. For his part, Socialist MEP Marek Siwiec (Poland), himself also cast doubt upon, as he was head of the national security bureau at the time of the alleged incidents, spoke of “defamation of character”, according to Le Monde. In Washington, a CIA spokesperson rejected the conclusions of the report, describing them as “biased”. NATO has also denied the existence of any secret agreement allowing the CIA to move around free of controls. The plenary assembly of the Council of Europe will examine Mr Marty's report on 27 June. (bc)