Poland, Qatar Talk LNG

Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski met with Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to discuss gas issues, economic cooperation.

“We managed (during the talk with the emir) to confirm the special climate in Polish-Qatari relations…” President Komorowski told reporters after the talks. The Polish president said his Qatar talks were “very, very promising.”

“Qatar is an important country for Poland, a country of great economic hopes looking for a possibility to diversify its political partners in Europe and Poland is an attractive country for them,” said Komorowski.

The talks covered, among others, a contract for the delivery of gas from Qatar to Poland as of 2014. According to the Polish opposition and some experts, Poland might not be ready to receive the contracted gas on time but will still have to pay for it.

The president stressed that Poland has high hopes for the construction of the LNG terminal. The facility can distribute large amounts of gas not only on the Polish territory but also throughout Central and Eastern Europe, Bronislaw Komorowski noted. “This is a strategic plan, it is worth thinking over with the Qataris where one may locate common and good business, also for the benefit of third countries…I am also thinking about Ukraine,” said Bronislaw Komorowski.

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LNG World News Staff, December 11, 2013; Image: prezydent.pl