The Polish government has approved an agreement with Russia on increasing Russian gas supply to Poland, the government's press service said.
"The Cabinet has agreed to sign the document," the press service said in a statement.
"The conclusion of the agreement results from the necessity of providing Poland with additional natural gas supplies and increasing the country's energy security," the statement said.
The deal, under which Russia will increase its gas supplies to Poland via the Yamal-Europe pipeline by 2 billion cubic meters annually, is expected to be signed later this week.
The agreement, reached on October 17 in Moscow, is valid through 2022.
In January, Polish state gas monopoly PGNiG signed a contract with Russian energy giant Gazprom, increasing Russian gas supplies to Poland to up to 10.2 billon cubic meters a year.
WARSAW, October 27 (RIA Novosti)
