Poland proposes treaty on energy security in EU

Poland proposes treaty on energy security in EU

Poland put forward here on Monday an initiative of signing a treaty on energy security based on the principle of solidarity, deputy foreign minister Stanislaw Komorowski announced.

Komorowski represented Poland at a meeting of EU diplomacy heads.

We suggested that the matter in question should be discussed separately at a summit meeting of the European Council in March, Komorowski told newsmen.

A related letter an energy security treaty was addressed by Prime Minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz to prime ministers of the 32 EU and NATO member states as well as to EU, EC and NATO officials on Friday.

According to the PM "the principle of solidarity" should be applied to energy transmission and storing.