“Germany consistently supports Nord Stream 2,” First Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir Titov said in an interview with News.ru. “The pipeline ensures stable, competitively priced gas distribution to Germany and other European countries via the shortest route. Strategically, Nord Stream 2 will strengthen Europe’s energy security for decades to come. Natural gas and this infrastructure can be used to promote new opportunities in energy, including hydrogen.”
According to the diplomat, “The US’s attempts to impede the construction of Nord Stream 2 are a combination of deliberate politicization of energy cooperation and unfair competition. Pretending to be concerned about Europe’s energy security, Washington is actually trying to dictate to the Europeans what energy policy they should pursue. But below the surface is an effort to minimize the use of Russian gas in the EU market and promote the use of its own fossil fuels. Both EU leaders and the German government have declared that the US sanctions against the project are unacceptable.”