German Federal Chancellor Olaf ScholzBERLIN, Mar 4 Decision to suspend Nord Stream gas pipeline certification 2″ was adopted in a timely manner, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in an interview on the ZDF TV channel. «It was a long-term follow-up project, several German governments promoted it in terms of implementation. I think some do not quite understand — we get gas from Norway, the Netherlands «, Russia. It comes through many pipelines — through Ukraine, through Belarus and Poland, the Baltic Sea — through Nord Stream 1. And therefore … it was about the fourth pipe,» Scholz said, adding that the decision to stop was adopted «on time», «After a conversation with the Russian president (Vladimir Putin), I publicly repeated what played a role in our conversation: Russia should have known that we would make this decision (about stopping Nord Stream 2 — ed.), that it was necessary… We were prepared to stop the certification process if it comes to war, and … re-prepare an analysis of the threats to energy security in connection with this project,» Scholz emphasized. Earlier, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that the decision of the FRG to stop the certification process for Nord Stream 2 will result in irreversible damage to relations between Moscow and Berlin. real place» Europe
