MOSCOW, July 1 (RIA Novosti) - PGNiG expects to increase Russian natural gas imports by 2-3 billion cubic meters to 10-11 bcm annually from 2010, a senior official at the Polish energy company said on Wednesday.

"We want to increase gas shipments by 2 to 3 billion cubic meters from 2010," said PGNiG deputy chairman Miroslaw Dobrut.

Dobrut said Poland expected to sign an agreement on the increase of gas shipments with Russian gas monopoly Gazprom by the end of August.

The current contract envisages the delivery of 8 bcm of Russian natural gas to Poland in 2010.

The Polish company voiced its proposals at the latest meeting with Gazprom in Warsaw last Friday, and another meeting will take place in two weeks, the Polish official said.

Gas imports, of which 92% come from Russia, meet two thirds of Poland's gas needs. The country produces a third of its gas consumption volume.