MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russia would like to see Poland as a strong and independent partner, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said during the annual press conference on Friday.
"Of course we want to have a reliable, strong and, what’s very important, independent partner," Putin said, asked by a Polish journalist whether it is "comfortable for Russia" that Poland has been drifting away from the European Union lately.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on December 23 holds a major end-of-the-year press conference.