Poland and Norway have been holding talks on the building of a gas pipeline linking to two countries from the Norwegian port city of Karstoe, a senior official of the Polish Economy Ministry said on Tuesday.

Przemyslaw Wipler, chief of the ministry's energy supply unit, said a decision on whether Poland would join a consortium which is to build a gas pipeline from Norway to Sweden and further on to Poland is to be taken during the next few months, the Polish news agency reported.

Wipler said Norway's state-owned pipeline operator Gassco had offered the Polish Mining and Gas company (PGNiG) a place in the consortium.

"The government is for PGNiG's joining the consortium," Wipler said.

Poland heavily depends on energy imports from Russia. But the east European country has recently expressed grave concerns over a pipeline from Russia to Germany being built under the Baltic Sea. Warsaw strongly opposes the pipeline because it will bypass Poland.

Source: Xinhua