(WARSAW) - Poland wants the EU to provide humanitarian and economic aid as well as spearhead an international peacekeeping force in Georgia, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Friday.

"Humanitarian aid first of all -- we will want the European Union's full engagement which will go beyond the routine activities of the European Commission's Humanitarian Aid Office, so additional funds will be needed," Tusk said.

The Polish prime minister was expanding on proposals he agreed Friday with Polish President Lech Kaczynski for the EU's Monday emergency summit on the Georgia crisis.

"Secondly ...there is a need for the European Union's effort in the reconstruction of Georgia, especially the Georgian state infrastructure destroyed during the war," Tusk said.

"This includes elements of infrastructure so important from the point of view of energy strategy like pipelines, railways, bridges, port infrastructure or airports," Tusk said.

Funding could also be sought from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the European Investment Bank, he said.

Security for Georgia and the region also ranks high on Poland's list of priorities for the EU crisis summit.

"We should move towards calling an international peacekeeping force under the banner of the European Union," Tusk said, adding Poland did not rule out participating in such a force should it take shape.

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