(ANSA) - TRIESTE - United States shipped the first load of liquid natural gas to the newly built Lech Kaczynski LNG Terminal in Swinoujscie, north-west Poland, Polish Press Agency reported. "Such days go down in history since this first LNG shipment from the US to Poland will surely be reported in history textbooks", Prime Minister Beata Szydlo said, underlining "this is a symbolic day showing that Poland implements ideas of a safe country". The PM stressed that such an investment as the gas terminal in Swinoujscie "unites two priorities of the Polish government: security and development".

US LNG firm Cheniere would like to see stronger relations with its Polish partner and the entire Central and Eastern European region, Andrew Walker, the company's vice president, said. Cheniere has launched its facility in the state of Louisiana. It is the first US LNG export terminal and it is where the Polish shipment originated. (ANSA).