Polish President's visit to help forge strategic partnership

BEIJING - Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski's upcoming state visit to China is expected to help elevate bilateral relations to the level of a strategic partnership, as the country eyes stronger economic and cultural ties with China, Polish Ambassador Tadeusz Chomicki said on Thursday.

Komorowski is scheduled to visit China from Sunday to Thursday, the first visit by a Polish president in 14 years.

"Both countries, both governments, have come to the conclusion that it is time to enhance our relations and to achieve a strategic partnership between China and Poland," Chomicki told reporters at a news briefing at the Polish embassy in Beijing.