Warsaw - Poland still expects a scheduled visit from a Russian diplomat after sealing a deal on a controversial US missile defence shield to be hosted in Eastern Europe, the foreign ministry said Friday.

Poland's PAP news agency reported earlier that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had cancelled a planned trip to Poland in September after Thursday's US-Polish agreement.

Poland's Foreign Ministry has no official word that Lavrov has called off the trip, local media quoted a ministry spokesman as saying.

Deputy Foreign Minister Ryszard Schnepf added that Poland expects him and has many things to discuss with the Moscow diplomat.

"I can only say that Russia hasn't called off the visit and we still count that it will come to pass," Schnepf told TVP Info.

"Lavrov will surely be eagerly greeted here and there's many subjects which we can and even should talk about with the Russian Federation," he said.

Lavrov was scheduled to meet his Polish counterpart reportedly to discuss the Russian-controlled Strait of Baltiysk.

The strait is the Vistula Bay's only connection with the Baltic Sea and the only route from the sea to the Polish port of Elblag. Russia has on several occasions blocked access for Polish vessels and closed access completely in 2006. (dpa)