Lithuania to be linked to EU energy systems through Poland

Lithuania's energy systems Lietuvos Energija and its Polish analogue have initialed an agreement, which clears a project to link Lithuania's energy systems with those of other European Union members.

"Under the agreement, the Lithuanian and Polish energy systems will set up a joint venture to implement an energy bridge project to link Lithuania's energy systems with Poland's and further with the energy systems of other EU members," Lithuanian Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas said in an interview with the private Lithuania television station LNK on Sunday evening.

"The joint venture will make use of EU facilities and build an electricity bridge across Poland which will connect the Lithuanian energy systems to the EU electricity market," the prime minister said.

Unofficial reports indicate that the signing of the agreement will be timed to coincide with Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus' visit to Warsaw on September 29.

Lithuania's Economics Minister Vytas Navickas said on Lithuania's national radio on Monday that currently the country's energy system is only linked to Russia's. "It is extremely important to build a link to the West, so Lithuania will no longer depend on just one country," Navickas said.

Source: interfax.ru