Poland ready for meat ban talks on Moscows terms

WARSAW, November 28 (RIA Novosti) - Poland is ready for talks on ending Russia's two-year meat ban at any time and without any prior conditions, the agriculture minister said Wednesday.

Russia's ban was enforced over accusations that Poland was supplying poor-quality meat from third countries. In retaliation, Poland vetoed talks on a new Russia-EU partnership and cooperation agreement.

"I am ready to come to Moscow for talks with Russia's agriculture minister at any time," Marek Sawicki said. "Warsaw does not set any preliminary conditions. We must end the protracted 'meat conflict' as soon as possible."

At a meeting in Brussels, the European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection, Markos Kyprianou, proposed that the Polish agriculture minister should go to Moscow tentatively in January.