Nord Stream 2. Media: USA and Russia are conducting secret conversations

Itkonen assured that the opinion of the European Commission about Nord Stream gas pipeline 2 It has been unchanged for years, and this project has never been in the common interest of the European Union. “He does not diversify the use of energy sources,” said the spokeswoman, reminding that Nord Stream 2 has never been launched.

“Gas has never been delivered to the EU via this pipeline,” she noted.

Itkonen added that if the gas pipeline was ever launched, it would have to function in accordance with the relevant international and European regulations. – Our position in this matter has been the same for many years – emphasized the spokeswoman.

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As the German “Bild” informed on Monday, for several weeks in Switzerland Secret conversations between the Russians and the Americans regarding the launch of Nord Stream 2 are to last. In the opinion of the American administration, this would be seen as part of the reconstruction of relations with Moscow. As in turn, the British daily “Financial Times” wrote on Sunday, the originator of work on the start of the gas pipeline is to be Matthias Warnig, a spy and friend Vladimir Putinwhich until 2023 managed Nord Stream 2 AG.

Reports of the possible launch of Nord Stream 2 began to arouse anxiety of European politicians. Deputy Prime Minister and Head of the Ministry of National Defense Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz He said on Monday that a return to talks about the launch of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is “dangerous”.

Nord Stream 2 runs through the Baltic Sea with Russia down German. The launch of the gas pipeline was suspended by the full -size invasion of Russia at Ukrainestarted in February 2022. Part of the pipeline was damaged as a result of the Sabotage Act in September 2022, but the results of expertise indicate that its repair would take only a few months.

“Independence from Russian gas has a strategic significance for the German government in the context of security policy and this government is holding it,” said the German Ministry of Economy in a statement cited by Reuters.

The agency indicated that Estonia She condemned all attempts to resume gas exports via Nord Stream 2, calling them “a step in the wrong direction for European energy security.”

– The right place for Nord Stream 2 is the bottom of the sea – said in Monday statement the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia Margus Tsahkna, quoted by the Reuters agency.