Czechs, Poles to cooperate in water management, gas, motorways

The Czech Republic and Poland will cooperate in water management along their joint border according to an agreement that the two countries' environment ministers, Richard Brabec and Maciej Grabowski, signed following inter-government consultations on Monday. Mr Brabec said the agreement will accelerate a joint reaction to possible floods and the pollution of water courses. The agreement on cooperation in water management along the border replaces a valid agreement which former Czechoslovakia and Poland signed in 1958. In addition to environment protection, the participants in the third Czech-Polish inter-government consultations also discussed cooperation in energy and transport. Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka said the two countries want to submit a joint application in Brussels for the funding of the future connection of the R11 express road and the Polish S3. They must file the application during 2016, he said.

Author: Jan Velinger