Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala signed an agreement between the Government of the Republic of Poland and the Government of the Czech Republic on cooperation in addressing the effects on the territory of the Czech Republic resulting from the operation of the Turów Coal Mine, the Prime Minister’s Chancellery informed on Twitter.
Talks between the Prime Ministers of Poland and the Czech Republic on the Turów coal mine were held today. Even before the departure of the head of the Polish government to Prague, it was said that this is the final stage of negotiations between the parties.
This morning, the Polish Press Agency, citing sources, said that negotiators from Poland and the Czech Republic reached an agreement on Wednesday.
THERE IS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN POLAND AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC REGARDING TURÓW
During a press conference after the joint talks, Fiala said that the agreement is an important step in Polish-Czech relations.
“We are glad to have achieved this goal. This is a huge success. We were able to remove a huge obstacle that was weighing down our relationship. I would like to thank everyone who had a hand in making this happen, the Minister of Environment Hubachkova, the Liberec Region authorities. We have had some very tough talks that took a very long time, but the end of those talks is successful,” admitted Fiala.
“Weeks of long negotiations behind us, which ended successfully,” Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said.