Hungary and Slovakia wish to join Poland in Norwegian gas connection

During the XI Economic Forum in Krynica in southern Poland on Friday Polish Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek with his Hungarian and Slovakian counterparts, collectively expressed interest in the project of supplying Norwegian gas to Central Europe. Prime minister of Hungary Victor Orban said "Maybe we could make use of such possibilities". Both prime ministers congratulated Poland on it's contracts on the supplies of North Sea gas. Last week, authorities of Lithuania declared their interest in purchasing Norwegian gas via Poland. All countries in the region depend on gas imports from Russia. Polish contracts concerning gas signed with Denmark and Norway are an attempt to break with Russian giant Gazprom's monopoly of supply to Poland.. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 33), M.T