This artery is the main transport channel for the Russian natural gas supplies to Poland, Hungary and Slovakia.

      On April 5, Gazprom’s senior managers held a meeting with the Polish government where they presented the plan, said deputy chairman of the board of directors, Alexey Medvedev.

      The plan received a positive response, he added.

      The project capacity of the Yamal-Europe pipeline is 32.9 billion cubic meters of natural gas a year.