U.S. ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE DANIEL FRIED VISITS WARSAW

21 March 2007

Secretary Fried and Ambassador Ashe

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, Daniel Fried, visited Warsaw March 20-21.  Secretary Fried met with Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Foreign Minister Anna Fotyga, and Minister of Defense Aleksander Szczyglo to discuss missile defense cooperation and other bilateral issues.  He also met with opposition leaders to encourage their support.  On March 21, Secretary Fried held a roundtable discussion at the U.S. Embassy with Polish and international journalists to discuss U.S. missile defense plans.  “I have come here to listen to Poles, both in the government and the opposition, to hear their concerns.  So that when negotiations start, they start off in the right way,” said Secretary Fried.  Daniel Fried served as U.S. Ambassador to Poland from 1997 until 2001.