The dispute between the Czech Republic and Poland over the Turów mine has ended. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala signed an agreement ending the dispute today (February 3).

Under the agreement, Poland committed, among other things, to paying the Czech side €45 million in compensation. Until the mine ceases operations, air pollution, land subsidence and groundwater levels are also to be monitored.

The signing of the agreement was reported by businessinsider.com.pl:

“We are extremely happy,” said Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala. He also admitted that “the talks were tough and lengthy.” “But their outcome is a happy one,” he stressed.

As Fiala said, Poland has committed to completing construction of a barrier that will prevent groundwater from flowing from the Czech Republic into Poland. The parties also agreed to build an earth embankment to protect residents of the Czech region from air pollution, noise and dust.

Prime Minister of the Council of Ministers Mateusz Morawiecki also announced the signing of the Polish-Czech agreement ending the dispute over Turów:

Months of negotiations are behind us, and they have ended successfully. Signing this agreement is important to us from a strategic point of view—it ends the period in which our very good Polish-Czech relations were stalled. Today we are opening a new chapter in our relations as neighbors.

I hope that today or tomorrow the Czech Republic will withdraw its complaint concerning Turów from the Court of Justice in Luxembourg.