JUNE 14, 2021
Polish President Andrzej
Duda has talked to the Danish prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, about the
recent setback to Poland's strategic gas pipeline that the Danish environmental
agency has stalled.
Duda met with
Frederiksen on the sidelines of a Nato summit in Brussels on Monday. The
meeting followed a similar one with the Norwegian prime minister, according to
Krzysztof Szczerski, head of Duda's International Policy Bureau.
Denmark has withdrawn
environmental permits for an overland stretch of the pipeline across Danish
territory.
Denmark's decision is
seen as the first major setback to Poland's plans of becoming fully independent
of Russian gas supplies. The environmental permit will now be reconsidered
after a further analysis of the project's environmental impact.
The Baltic Pipe, a
pipeline that will carry natural gas from Norwegian deposits across Denmark and
the Baltic seabed to Poland, is due to be completed by the autumn of 2022. At
the moment it is not clear whether it will be delayed.
https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/president-duda-discusses-halted-pipeline-with-danish-pm-22585
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