Logo Polskiego Radia

Kremlin spokesman blasts Polish PM’s statement on Nord Stream 2: report

PR dla Zagranicy
Alicja Baczyńska 19.11.2018 11:30
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has criticised a statement made by Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline being built to link Russia with Germany, according to a report.
Photo: Magnascan/pixabay.com/CC0 Creative CommonsPhoto: Magnascan/pixabay.com/CC0 Creative Commons

In a conference speech in Hamburg on Saturday, Morawiecki said that the construction of the planned pipeline was a major issue in the context of European security, Poland’s PAP news agency reported.

He said, as quoted by PAP: “I know that according to the German government it is a business project but no one east of the Oder river [dividing Germany and Poland] believes that.”

According to Morawiecki, the pipeline is a dangerous initiative from Poland’s perspective, PAP reported.

It cited Morawiecki as saying that Moscow was for now dependent on Ukraine for gas transfers, but once Nord Stream 2 is constructed and the Ukrainian gas transit system is no longer needed, “what will stop [Russian President] Vladimir Putin from marching into Kyiv?”

Peskov said that Morawiecki’s statement was “unfortunate,” according to PAP.

Peskov reiterated the oft-repeated argument by the Russian authorities that Nord Stream 2 was a “commercially viable” and “economically justified” project. He added that liquefied gas from countries such as the United States would be more expensive, PAP reported.

The 1,200-kilometre Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which is scheduled for completion in 2019, is expected to supply around 55 billion cubic metres of natural gas a year from Russia to Germany under the Baltic Sea, circumventing Poland, the Baltic states and Ukraine.

(aba/gs)

Source: PAP

tags:
Print
Copyright © Polskie Radio S.A About Us Contact Us