The European Union's executive agency said it is satisfied with Poland's and Romania's denials that the U.S. is running secret terrorist jails on their soil, saying there's no proof of human rights violations.
The Polish and Romanian governments rebutted reports in the Washington Post and Financial Times, citing U.S.-based Human Rights Watch, that the Central Intelligence Agency has operated covert interrogation centers in those countries.
``The statements by both the Romanians and the Polish authorities are crystal clear,'' European Commission spokesman Friso Roscam Abbing said at a news conference in Brussels today. ``At this point in time, we do not have any suspicion of anything else going on.''
Poland, as an EU member since last year, is required to uphold the European convention on human rights. The same standards apply to Romania, which is seeking to join the now 25- nation bloc in 2007.
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