Punitive measures will be applied to companies participating in the Nord Stream-2 project if they do not stop construction within thirty days. This is mentioned in a statement by the US State Department.
The department said that the countdown begins from the moment President Donald Trump signed the law on the military budget, along with which they dragged a package of sanctions. Thus, time will expire on January 20, 2020.
By this date, according to the requirements of the State Department, companies must take all necessary measures to ensure that the ships involved in the construction of the underwater part of the Nord Stream-2 in the Baltic Sea “stop construction immediately”.
“Each company participating in the construction should study in detail what this will mean for its work”, – the Department of State emphasized.
As News Front previously reported, the new US sanctions caused a storm of indignation in Germany, given that they hit precisely its interests in the energy sector. In Berlin, they proposed to react to such a step by Washington with joint mirror measures with Russia, which would demonstrate Eurasian unity. Nevertheless, as the representative of the German government said, there will be no response from Berlin, because the restrictions are aimed at private companies, and not at the state.