“We have always said that in the context of the Nord Stream there is a political side. Gas transit through Ukraine must have a future, ”Tiber quotes Seibert.
According to him, Berlin supports trilateral negotiations of the European Commission, Russia and Ukraine on transit.
Earlier, the Danish Energy Agency issued Nord Stream 2 permission to lay SP-2 along the route southeast of the island of Bornholm.
To date, more than 2,100 km of the gas pipeline have been laid; in the near future, preparatory work and pipe laying near Denmark will begin.