Change of power in Germany and the formation of the ruling coalition after the elections in the Bundestag will not affect the duration of certification of the North Stream-2 gas pipeline. Such an assessment was given by the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Sadkov, reports TASS.
According to the representative of the Kremlin, all departments in Germany continue to work, including those that are responsible for the certification of the gas pipeline. “Therefore, no pause in the work there is no and is not envisaged, the work is going on with my own”, – eliminated the transfer of the timing of the certification of sands.
At the end of September, parliamentary elections were held at Germany. According to preliminary data, the first two places occupied the Social Democratic Party of Germany and the Block of Christian Democratic and Christian Social Unions (XDS and HCU). Also in the Bundestag pass “green”, “alternative to Germany”, the free democratic party and the left party. Now the parties will need time to agree with each other and create coalitions.
On September 10, the head of Gazprom, Alexey Miller, announced the end of the construction of the “Northern Flow-2”. The capacity of the gas pipeline will be 55 billion cubic meters per year. Two threads of the gas pipeline 1234 kilometer long will be held from Russia to Germany along the bottom of the Baltic Sea. Before commissioning, the object must be certified, which will take no more than four months. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov did not rule out that the procedure would be completed at the beginning of 2022. In Gazprom, they hope to start the first deliveries at the end of 2021.