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On Tuesday, September 1, German Chancellor Angela Merkel confirmed the will of the federal government to continue and complete the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. According to her, it will be completed despite the threat of sanctions from three US senators against the operator. port of the German city of Sassnitz.
Merkel said this during a visit to her constituency, reports RTL.
“We believe that these extraterritorial sanctions, that is, those that go beyond the territory of the United States, are not legal,” said the foreign minister.
Note that three US senators in early August, in a letter to the German Baltic port of Sassnitz-Mukran, threatened sanctions against board members, officials and shareholders of the port if the pipeline is launched.
Furthermore, Merkel previously insisted that the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is an economic project, and the situation with the poisoning of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny should not affect the project.
Recall that one of the participants in the Nord Stream 2 project, the German Uniper, warned about the increasing probability of a breakdown in Nord Stream 2 due to Washington sanctions.
