Normally, provincial employment offices must agree to the employment of foreigners. The issue of fishing in the Sea of Okhotsk is still open and negotiations continue. The Agreement to Construct a Natural Gas Pipeline does not necessarily guarantee that the pipeline will be built, points out Minister Marek Pol, recalling that 47 km of pipeline was laid in Poland during the 70s and then dug out and moved to Czechoslovakia. The only existing gas pipeline connecting Russia with Western Europe runs through the Czech Republic. Negotiation on a Military Agreement between Russia and Poland ended in fiasco.
Details are still unknown, but at issue is the supply of Russian military equipment and spare parts.
Eighty percent of Polish weaponry comes from Russia. Reportedly, Russia did not agree to the re-export of military supplies of Russian origin. Another outstanding issue is the cooperation of Polish national defense plants with Russia. President of Lithuania Algirdas Brazauskas addressed the Sejm and proposed the creation of a free trade zone and a Polish-Lithuanian peacekeeping unit. The speech was generally well received.