What goes on in Poland on the 24th of May.
Warsaw terminates the deal with Russia on the Yamal gas pipeline
The Polish government has terminated the intergovernmental agreement on gas supplies from Russia. A contract is left between Gazprom and PGNiG, which the Russians do not implement under the pretext of a dispute over payments.
We are in the midst of a war waged by Russia with the help of gas supplies, said Piotr Naimski, the government’s plenipotentiary for strategic energy infrastructure. – We are pursuing a strategy of separating from Russian supplies, taking Poland out of the Russian monopoly of Gazprom. We have a turning point in this matter. On May 13, the government of Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki passed a resolution to terminate the agreements between the governments of the Republic of Poland and the Russian Federation, known as the Yamal agreements, which were signed in 1993, he said.
– After thirty years it can be said that gas relations between Poland and Russia cease to exist – said Naimski. – It’s an intergovernmental agreement. It was denounced by the Polish government.
– A few months ago, the minister responsible for energy, Michał Kurtyka, initiated the procedure for terminating these agreements – said Naimski in Polish Radio Jedynka. – Minister Moscow completed this procedure, the government has adopted a resolution which the Prime Minister has signed.
Naimski: Poland is ready for winter without Russian gas
The government’s plenipotentiary for strategic energy infrastructure, Piotr Naimski, commented on the Polish Radio Jedynka about the prospects of security of gas supplies to Europe before next winter in the face of Russia’s ruble ultimatum, to which some customers succumb.
– PGNiG has contracts that allow us to replace Russian supplies, so I do not think that in Poland we will have problems with supplies to individual customers or industry. Of course, the escalation of this energy conflict, on a larger scale than today, may cause further price perturbations. It can happen. You have to realize that Europe is at war, undeclared. These are not direct military operations between Europe and Russia, but the war in Ukraine affects the entire continent. Ukrainians are fighting on the front for us, but the Russians want to influence Ukraine’s hinterland, which is Europe, said Piotr Naimski, government plenipotentiary for strategic energy infrastructure. – It is difficult to say with certainty what winter will look like there. I can only repeat that we in Poland are as well prepared for this as possible.