Polish President Says Russian Gas Supplies to Europe Should Never Be Restored

Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Andrzej Duda said the pipelines should be ‘dismantled’ even if peace is reached between Moscow and Kyiv.

Gas bubbles from the Nord Stream 2 leak reach the surface of the Baltic Sea near Bornholm, Denmark, on Sept. 27, 2022. Danish Defence Command/Handout via Reuters

Polish President Andrzej Duda has said that Russian gas supplies to Western Europe should never be restored.

Duda says that the continent shouldn’t even consider reopening the pipelines from the east, even if a peace settlement is agreed between Moscow and Kyiv to bring an end to the war in Ukraine.