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US policy towards North Stream 2 is unfair and does not take into account the interests of the European Union. At the same time, the United States and Russia have their own interests to weaken the European Union
said the President of Austria, Alexander van der Bellen, according to the newspaper Der Standard.
See also: "The Ukraine was thrown": in the Sejm of Poland, the European Union was criticized for hypocrisy of "North Stream-2"
He convinced the United States to put pressure on the EU through the gas pipeline project.
The administration of US President Donald Trump, designates the EU and some of its countries as his colony
– said Van der Bellen.
The Austrian leader therefore comments on the situation not only around North Stream-2, but also on the nuclear deal with Iran. He said countries like the United States and Russia want to weaken the EU.
The United States recalls that it clearly evaluated North Stream-2, where the Russian-German gas pipeline project is condemned and promised sanctions to all concerned. In particular, an American associate in Germany, Richard Grenell sent letters to German companies in which he threatened possible sanctions on behalf of Washington by supporting the construction of the North Stream 2 pipeline.
Flow-2 "and what does it threaten Ukraine? This is a gas pipeline project connecting Russia to Germany , who wants to cross the Baltic Sea bypassing Ukraine. Germany, Finland and Sweden have issued all permits for the construction and operation of the North Stream 2 pipeline. Poland, the Baltic States, Ukraine, Moldova, Slovakia, the United States and Denmark have opposed the construction of the pipeline.The emergence of this pipeline will increase the dependence of the EU vis-à-vis Russian company Gazprom, which already supplies about a third of its gas to the EU. North Stream 2, Ukraine will lose not only the revenue of blue fuel transit, but also the lever of geopolitical influence.
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