National flag of the Federal Republic of Germany BERLIN, Feb 7German Vice Chancellor, Minister of Economy and Climate Affairs Robert Habeck, answering the question at a briefing in Paris whether Berlin would abandon Nord Stream 2 during the escalation in Ukraine, said that «all options for sanctions are being considered.» «The French president and the federal «The chancellor is trying to make primarily diplomatic efforts, but it is also clear, and this has been said many times, that in the event of military aggression, all options for sanctions are considered. And everything means everything. I don't want to go into speculation, but the word everything covers everything,» Habek said , answering a relevant question from the media.According to Habek, at a meeting with French Minister of Economy and Finance Bruno Le Maire, he discussed the situation in eastern Ukraine. He noted that Germany and France are «closely cooperating, interacting» in resolving this crisis, which is confirmed by today's visit of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to Washington, and French President Emmanuel Macron to Moscow.
Scholz did not disclose the details of possible measures against Nord Stream 2. The plans attributed to Russia to escalate the situation around Ukraine in Moscow are categorically denied and constantly state that they are not threatening anyone, and all such statements are used as an excuse to deploy more NATO military equipment close to Russian borders. According to Moscow, the Russian Federation is moving troops within its territory and at its own discretion, this does not threaten anyone and should not worry anyone. As Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said earlier, Russia does not create any pretexts for a conflict situation around Ukraine. According to him, Russia does not rule out that the hysteria around Ukraine, hyped by the West, is aimed at covering Kiev's line of sabotaging the Minsk agreements on Donbass. According to the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, the US and NATO information hysteria over Ukraine is generously framed by lies and fakes. The Russian Federation stated that the United States and the West are hysterically developing the topic of threat and escalation in Ukraine. Nord Stream 2 is a new export gas pipeline with a capacity of 55 billion cubic meters per year from Russia to Europe. The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project is being certified by the German regulator. This process is on hold pending the required documentation. When this regulator issues a draft decision, the opinion of the European Commission will be required. The EC intends to consult with Ukraine in the process of forming its opinion. The project is actively opposed by the United States, which is promoting its liquefied natural gas in the EU, as well as Ukraine, which is afraid of losing transit. Borrell said
