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Tuesday, 8 June 2021 (YJC) _ US Secretary of State said that Washington would insist on "real steps, concrete actions" to try to alleviate the impact of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday that Washington would insist on "real steps, concrete actions" while working with Germany to try to alleviate the impact of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, the first part of which was completed last week.
"We also of course have opportunities going forward to deal with those who provide insurance or other permits," Blinken said.
According to Blinken, Germany, which has long insisted that it want to see the $11-billion pipeline completed, "has come to the table" and the US was "actively engaged with them."
The secratary of state believes that the project's physical completion doesn't mean it's operational, claiming that the US was "still working on that."
"We also of course have opportunities going forward to deal with those who would provide insurance or rather permits for the pipeline to actually become operational. We continue to believe it’s a bad idea," Blinken added.
Nord Stream 2, a 745-mile-long pipeline, is set to bring Russian gas to Germany under the Baltic Sea. The US and other opponents of the project believe that it will endow Russian with geostrategic power over Europe. However, Moscow maintains that the pipeline is a purely economic project.
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