BERLIN (UrduPoint News / Sputnik – 19 September 2022) German Lower Saxony Minister Stephan Weil expressed his opinion on Monday that the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline will never be operational.
After Russia launched military operations in Ukraine in February, Berlin declared its intention to reduce its dependence on Russian energy in the near future. Russia’s ambassador to Germany Sergey Nechaev said Germany benefits from Russian natural gas but chose to rely on liquefied gas instead, abandoning the Nord Stream 2 project that has led to higher prices. Stated.
“There will never be a Nord Stream 2,” Weil told German news agency dpa.
According to officials, the gas will not flow to Germany via the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, regardless of who ruled Russia.
“The loss of confidence is so fundamental that there will never be a situation in which the German government can rely on energy from Russia.
The prime minister believes the West will recover from shortages faster than Russia.
Nord Stream 2 is a gas pipeline project with a capacity of 55 billion cubic meters per year that will enable the transportation of gas from Russia across the Baltic Sea to Germany. Construction of the pipeline will last him three years and will be completed in 2021. But following Russia’s special military operations in Ukraine, Western countries imposed a series of sanctions on Russia from her late February, and Germany stopped certification of pipelines ready for use. Node Stream 2.
