Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Polish
President Andrzej Duda view the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline project as
political, rather than economic, in its nature, and, therefore, insist that it
should not be implemented.
"We separately discussed energy security,
and I would like to thank Poland for providing the essential conditions for
completing the feasibility study for building an interconnector, supporting the
continued use of the [existing] gas transport facilities to transport gas to
Europe and opposing the implementation of the Nord Stream 2 project. This is
Ukraine's and Poland's firm position. We maintain coordination with our
partners from Slovakia […] and a huge number of EU countries," Poroshenko
told journalists following negotiations with Duda in Kyiv on Tuesday.
Poroshenko described Nord Stream-2 as a purely
political project. "We insist that this project has no economic sense and
is purely political, and we believe it is unacceptable to put political
pressure either on the EU member-states or Ukraine in implementing this
project," he said.
Duda confirmed that Warsaw's position is
unanimous with Ukraine. "Poland is voicing its official protest. We have a
common position with Ukraine on this issue," he said.
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