Warsaw - Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski spoke of an opening in Polish-Russian relations based on compromise instead of rhetoric, local media reported on Friday.

Sikorski said Poland has "stepped away from rhetoric" and opted for "the language of pragmatism and looking for compromise, whenever we see signs of good will from the other side."

Sikorski proposed setting clear outlines that would mark relations between Poland, the European Union and Russia, reported the Polish Press Agency PAP. The EU should have "a shared strategy in relations with its Eastern partner," he said.

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Warsaw, Feb. 11: Poland's Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski has blamed elements within the Pakistan government for hampering efforts to save the life of a Polish hostage beheaded by Taliban militants.

"The (Islamabad) government cannot count on the loyalty of all of its officers and officials is a sad reality. This was an obstacle in our cooperation, but nevertheless we had cooperation (from the Pakistani side)," Sikorski was quoted by The News, as saying.

"We had to deal with people who are evil in a pure form, whose perverted sense of honour is based on cruelty," he added.

Warsaw  - Poland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs offered a reward of 1 million zloty (291,248 dollars) on Tuesday for information leading to the arrest of the Taliban responsible for killing a kidnapped Polish engineer in Pakistan.

Pakistani militants released on Sunday video footage of the Pole's beheading. They had offered to exchange him for 61 of their colleagues held by Pakistan.

Poland's foreign minister said on Tuesday that Pakistan confirmed the engineer is dead, but that neither side knows where the body was taken.

Warsaw - The Polish Senate speaker on Tuesday called off a visit from the head of the Pakistani Senate amid the recent killing of a kidnapped Polish engineer by the Taliban in Pakistan.

Senate speaker Bogdan Borusewicz said the cancellation wasn't a move directed "against Pakistan," but that the talks would not be possible "in such an atmosphere."

"I didn't see the possibility of cooperation after our countryman was murdered," Borusewicz told reporters.

Warsaw (Poland), Feb. 10 : Perturbed by a video released by the Taliban showing militants beheading a Polish geologist, the Polish Government has vowed to bring the perpetrators of the `inhuman crime' to book.

Warsaw has promised to issue international arrest warrants for Taliban militants who executed Piotr Stanczak in Pakistan, four months after his abduction.

"A crime was committed, so there has to be an investigation, a search for the culprits, and if possible putting them before the justice system and an exemplary punishment," Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski said.

Top Polish officials have also charged elements within the Pakistani Government for the killing, the Dawn said.