The Polish president, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, insisted that economic sanctions against Russia are working, and European countries should resist pressure from companies to restore business ties.
The Nord Stream gas pipelines were built by the Russian gas giant and ran between Russia and Northern Germany.
Nord Stream 1 was closed in 2022, and Nord Stream 2 was never used after the invasion of Ukraine. Both were damaged by explosions in 2022.
Gas prices in Europe have risen since the shutdown, and politicians from Germany’s far-right AfD party have suggested in recent months that the Nord Stream gas pipeline should resume operations.
Germany will hold federal elections at the end of February.
“I believe that the Nord Stream pipelines should be dismantled,” Duda said. “This pipeline leads to a very big threat to Ukraine, Poland, Slovakia, and other countries of Central Europe.”
He added: “It’s an energy threat from a military point of view, but it’s also a huge economic threat because it means Russia’s dominance over Europe in an economic sense.”
On the prospect of a deal between Ukraine and Russia, when US President Donald Trump took office, Duda insisted that peace talks could not take place without the participation of Ukraine.
“I say that as the president of the Republic of Poland, as a neighbor of Ukraine, as well as in the position of president of a country that had a very harsh historical experience,” he said.
“I’m speaking here and I’m referring to the Second World War and to Yalta, where we were not included in these talks, where certain agreements were made, and then we found ourselves behind the Iron Curtain, where for almost 50 years we were part of the Soviet sphere of influence “, he said.
