Washington is hampering the implementation of the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline project and forcing Europeans to abandon this project, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
“This is a counteraction in the energy sector to the North Stream 2. Calling it” politicized “, leading to a split in Europe, to strangle Ukraine – all this comes from the United States .They open the text, they force the Europeans to abandon Nord Stream-2, although gas delivery to the same Germany in the “Nord Stream 2” is 2 thousand km shorter than through Ukraine, and half to two times cheaper than through Ukraine the cost of transit, “Lavrov said at a press conference on the year.
The minister noted that Europeans “are being forced to liquefied gas from the United States instead of Russian gas, which is much more expensive.”
“Gazprom” and its partners intend to start implementation of the “Nord Stream -2” project worth almost 10 billion euros in April 2018. It is assumed that the 1200-kilometer gas pipeline will be laid across the Baltic Sea and will connect Russia and Germany, bypassing Ukraine, Poland and the Baltic countries. The capacity of the gas pipeline will be twice as much as that of the first “Nord Stream”, the construction is planned to be completed by the end of 2019.
