Anna Moskwa made the comment after a meeting with her Czech counterpart Anna Hubáčková in Warsaw on Tuesday, telling reporters that a resolution was in sight.
“If the agreement is accepted and then successfully signed by our Czech partners, who are now to take the final decision, they will immediately send information to the court that the dispute has been resolved and withdraw their complaint,” Moskwa said.
The Polish government spokesman said last week that Warsaw was prepared to bear the cost of defending its Turów lignite mine after the European Commission urged Warsaw to pay its fines over the continued operation of the site.
The European Union's top court in September ruled that Poland must pay a EUR 500,000 daily fine to the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, for defying an earlier order to halt operations at Turów, which is located near the border with the Czech Republic.
Earlier last year, the Czech Republic filed for an injunction with the European Court of Justice, saying the Turów open-cast mine on the Polish-Czech border was draining groundwater away from surrounding areas and harming Czech citizens.
The Turów power plant and open-pit brown coal mine in southwestern Poland. Photo: PAP/Maciej Kulczyński
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