Polish link with NATO pipeline system to cost 20 billion zlotys

WARSAW, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Polish link with NATO pipeline system will cost 20 billion zlotys ($5.5 billion), defence deputy minister said on Friday after Polish pipeline operator PERN had signed a preliminary deal with the ministry to extend the country's fuel pipelines to connect them with the NATO system.

"We are talking about...construction of pipelines over a distance of 300 km...we are talking about one of the largest investments in the security of the Polish state in the last 30 years," Cezary Tomczyk said.

($1 = 3.6317 zlotys)