Czech to import gas from Iran through Poland?

Azerbaijani news agency Trend said that Iran’s oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh announced interest from the Czech Republic to import natural gas from Iran. He made the remarks in a meeting with Czech Republic Minister of Industry and Trade Jan Mladek on January 18. Zanganeh said that exporting gas to the Czech Republic by pipe is not possible now, but considering Iran has an incomplete unit of LNG, the Czech side may sign a long-term contract with Iran to import Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) or cooperate in its investment. Defense24.pl said that the LNG terminal in Świnoujście would be a natural entry point as a new system of pipelines is being built from North to South, with a Polish-Czech inter-connector. According to Martin Ehl, a Czech journalist, quoted by Energetyka24.com webportal, one of the topics that the Czech delegation touched upon was indeed "an effective use of a new connection between the two countries."