Ukraine, Poland presidents mull Odesa-Brody-Plock pipeline project

Viktor Yushchenko

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko had a telephone talk with his Polish counterpart Lech Kaczynski. They discussed prospects for implementation of the Odesa-Brody-Plock oil pipeline project, an UKRINFORM correspondent reported from Warsaw.

The presidents expressed satisfaction with endorsement of a feasibility report on the Eurasian oil transportation corridor for the supply of Caspian oil to the European Union via Ukraine and Poland on the basis of the Odesa - Brody pipeline. They agreed that the project is of a vital importance for diversification of the delivery of energy carriers to Europe, and expressed confidence of the need for its speediest implementation.

Yushchenko and Kaczynski confirmed the necessity of holding an international forum on the spread of information about the perspectives of the project among EU member-countries.

UKRINFORM