KIEV, 17 Sep. Lana Zerkal, advisor to the Minister of Energy of Ukraine, believes that there is no need to be afraid of stopping gas transit to the EU this winter, because it will take about eight months to complete the certification of Nord Stream 2. -2 «. Certification by the German regulator can last up to four months. And after the decision is made, he must submit it for approval to the European Commission. It has two months to consider this document. This period can be further extended by another two months. That is, a maximum of eight months «, — says the column of the adviser to the head of the Ministry of Energy for the newspaper Novoye Vremya. She believes that there is no need to fear the termination of gas transit in the near future. worth it, because we constantly strain our partners by saying that there will definitely be some kind of crisis. agree with European and American partners on what we will do to prevent crisis situations. We have been working on this for the last weeks, «Zerkal said.
The German politician named ways to block Nord Stream 2. She also assured that Kiev is working to obtain guarantees of uninterrupted gas supply from the European Union in the event of a crisis in the winter. According to her, Ukraine approached its European and American partners with a proposal to minimize the possible consequences associated with Nord Stream 2. “The European Union has a special directive concerning the security of supplies and where countries are divided into groups in which they support each other to prevent crisis situations. group, could help in the event of a crisis situation, «the adviser added. Gazprom earlier announced the completion of the construction of Nord Stream 2. The gas pipeline from the Russian coast through the Baltic Sea to Germany consists of two lines with a total capacity of 55 billion cubic meters of gas per year. Nord Stream 2 AG plans to bring the pipeline into operation by the end of 2021. Bloomberg, citing sources, reported that Gazprom intends to start delivering «blue fuel» through the pipeline from October 1. Germany and the United States issued a joint statement in July on measures to support Ukraine, European energy security and common goals to protect the climate. The parties stated that in the interests of Ukraine and Europe to continue the transit of Russian gas through Ukraine after 2024, Berlin undertakes to use all available levers to facilitate the extension of the gas transit agreement between Ukraine and Russia for up to 10 years. In particular, Germany is committed to seeking sanctions against Russia if it uses energy as a weapon against European countries.
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