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WARSAW/LONDON, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Poland is working on a deal to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the U.S. to supply Ukraine and Slovakia, a pact that would further tighten the European Union’s ties to American energy, according to two sources familiar with the negotiations. Officials expect to announce a joint declaration to boost imports after a meeting of the parties at a transatlantic energy conference in Athens later this week, one of the sources said. Sign up here. "After that, discussions would follow on terms for supplies to Slovakia," one of the sources told Reuters. Potential volumes to be shipped south via Poland could be as much as 4 to 5 billion cubic meters of gas per year, about the same as Slovakia's annual gas consumption, the sources said. This is expected to be the latest in a series of recent energy deals struck between European and U.S. government officials and companies on the back of a push from Washington to boost exports of American gas and nuclear technology. The U.S. Department of Energy did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Poland's energy ministry declined to comment.
