Warsaw, Feb 13, SPA - Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski spoke ofan opening in Polish-Russian relations based on compromise instead ofrhetoric, DPA quoted local media as saying on Friday. Sikorski said Poland has "stepped away from rhetoric" and optedfor "the language of pragmatism and looking for compromise, wheneverwe see signs of good will from the other side." Sikorski proposed setting clear outlines that would mark relationsbetween Poland, the European Union and Russia, reported the PolishPress Agency PAP. The EU should have "a shared strategy in relationswith its Eastern partner," he said. "It's widely regarded that Europe needs Russia, and this is true,"Sikorski said, "We think that Russia needs Europe even more." But the minister said Russia's recent row with Ukraine over gaswas proof that energy can have political effects, and that Europeshould lower its reliance on foreign energy. Warsaw's relations with Russia reached boiling point when Polandsigned a deal with the United States to host a missile defence systemon its soil. The US claimed the system was meant for protectionagainst Iran, while Russia said the shield targeted its nucleararsenal. Sikorski on Friday said Poland was ready to finish negotiationsbut that the US would have final say. US President Barack Obama hassaid he supports the system if the technology can be proven to work.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/635097