Gas pipeline “Northern Stream-2” can ensure reliable energy supply to the countries of the European Union (EU). This was stated by Chancellor Austria Karl Nehammer, reports TASS.
“Northern Stream-2” is a necessary technical structure to ensure the safety of resource supplies to Europe, “said politician. He refused to consider the pipeline project as a threat to the merger. Chancellor noted that countries should act coordinated at the European level on this issue.
Nehammer added that the “Northern Stream-2” is too small to tighten the sanctions regime in the event of an escalation of the situation between Moscow and Kiev. “At the same time, the red lines are defined. No tolerance for violence policy. The EU has always made it clear this to Russia,” he clarified.