In response to the official request of the “Alternative for Germany” faction in the Bundestag, the leadership of the Federal Republic of Germany stated that they see no obstacles to the operation of the gas pipeline.
According to Ukraina.ru with reference to RIA Novosti, the German government, referring to the existing agreements with the United States, announces the possibility of starting operation of the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline.
“The federal government has rejected extraterritorial sanctions such as those threatened and imposed by the United States in connection with Nord Stream 2. The federal government has also held talks with the US government to prevent possible further US sanctions. As a result, the United States of America and Germany Joint Statement in Support of Ukraine, European Energy Security and Our Climate Goals was adopted. The federal government assumes that on this basis it will be possible to operate the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline”, the document says.
To a clarifying question from the AfD parliamentary faction, for which, in fact, the German leadership needs Washington’s “blessing” to launch a purely European economic project, Berlin replied that the United States is a close partner of Germany, with which the federal government maintains constant but confidential contact.
“We are in close exchange with the US government as Germany’s close foreign and security partner, which includes US concerns over the Nord Stream 2 project, as well as the associated sanctions threats. This exchange is of a confidential nature, and the negotiations are confidential”, the government of the Federal Republic replied.