“North Stream-2” must be implemented, because it is an economically an appropriate project that meets the interests of consumers in Europe, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. The broadcast of the plenary session is available on the website of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (PMEF).
The President spoke with this thesis, responding to the PMEF to the question of whether the probability of stopping work on the gas pipeline is preserved due to the US pressure.
“I think he (” Northern Stream-2 “- approx.” Ribbons.ru “) must be implemented, especially in conditions when the new American administration says that he wants to build a fraudulent relationship with its partners in Europe. How You can build good relations with partners and care about their interests? Nonsense some kind, “Putin said.
The route along the bottom of Baltic from Russia to Germany is much shorter than through European countries, and also avoids political risks, the head of state stressed.
He also noticed that the supply of “Northern Stream-2” will be more environmentally friendly than American liquefied gas. The president pointed out the illogicality of the position of the German ecologists, trying to achieve the construction of the construction of the gas pipeline.
Putin earlier announced that the gasket of the first northern flow-2 thread was already completed, and the second branch would be completed in the coming months. Launch the gas pipeline was planned back in 2019, but the project was implemented by the United States. June 3, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak reported that it remains to complete a plot of 100 kilometers.