Onshore facilities of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in Lubmin, Germany. File photoBERLIN, Feb 23Russian Ambassador to Berlin Sergei Nechaev expressed the hope that the decision of the German authorities on Nord Stream 2 is temporary and pragmatism will prevail, the project is needed for Europe's energy security. network agency, which recorded the need for the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to meet Germany's energy needs. This week, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he had instructed the country's economy ministry to take the «necessary administrative step» in order to cancel the certification of Nord Stream 2. We are talking about the withdrawal of a document from the ministry, on the basis of which the Federal Network Agency carried out the certification of the gas pipeline operator. commercial, purely economic project, which is in no way connected with political events. Now this position, apparently, is changing under the active pressure of our overseas colleagues, «Nechaev told Russian journalists after laying wreaths at the memorial to Soviet fallen soldiers in Berlin. He expressed hope that eventually the pipeline will be launched. “I think that Nord Stream is needed, first of all, for the energy security of Europe, both the population of Germany and Europe, and the economy, which requires resources, benefit from this. I would very much like to hope that this statement is a temporary measure and that prudence and pragmatism in in the end, it will triumph,» Nechaev added.
