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Economy Ministry: No Final Decision On Pipeline Route Made Yet
Thursday 17 December 2009 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, December 17 (TASR) - Slovak Economy Ministry did not yet make a definitive decision about the construction of the crude oil pipeline through Zitny Ostrov in south Slovakia, ministry press-department chief Vahram Chuguryan said on Thursday.
"Everything is in the state of analyses. Economy Minister (Lubomir Jahnatek) asked the experts to concentrate on at least two possible routes of the pipeline - one shorter and one longer, which would go around the region of Zitny Ostrov," explained Chuguryan in reaction to statements made by Zsolt Simon, an independent MP and member of Most-Hid earlier on Thursday.
Simon pointed out that the Government has been trying since the beginning of the year to build the pipeline, adding that several pieces of enabling legislative that would allow the project to be carried out were adopted only via footnotes to bills. According to him, a decision pertaining to environmental issues adopted by the Government earlier would allow the pipeline to be built, even though an environmental impact study recommended not building it.
Simon, former minister of agriculture, claimed that the construction of the pipeline through Zitny Ostrov is not only a thorn in the side of Most-Hid party, but also of environmentalist and water-management organisations.
"It is of greater interest for Slovakia to protect its own drinking water supplies rather than (promote) the construction of the pipeline," said Simon.
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