WARSAW, April 18 - Polish-Ukrainian bilateral relations could benefit from the success of the joint bid to organize the 2012 European Championship in soccer, Pawel Wolowski, an expert at independent think-tank Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW), said.

"I would describe it as an event that stands a chance to give an impulse to Polish-Ukrainian relations, give them a very pragmatic, very concrete aspect," Wolowski said Wednesday, after UEFA, the European football body, announced the bid by the two countries beat Italy and another one, submitted jointly by Hungary and Croatia.