“Two years of Gazprom’s application are not considered, no decision is made, although when the Nord Stream was built, all permissions were given. And Nord Stream 2 essentially goes the same way as Nord Stream. It is clear that this is a purely geopolitical situation, ”RIA Novosti quoted Zubkov as saying.
According to him, it is connected with the fact that Washington wants to "replace part of Russian gas with its own LNG."
“Denmark should understand that there are no objective reasons for not agreeing on the passage of the (gas pipeline. - RT), all the more so as they literally recently agreed in the same place the passage of the gas pipeline that goes from Norway to Poland,” he added.
As Zubkov pointed out, if there is no coordination, then these economic zones of Denmark will be bypassed during construction.
Earlier, Zubkov noted that Russia was counting on Denmark’s consent for the Nord Stream-2 bid around October.
On September 27, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadim Pristayko, following a meeting with Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod, said the two countries saw the risks and challenges that the gas pipeline poses.
As the head of Gazprom Alexei Miller emphasized, Nord Stream 2 will be completed by the end of 2019, and the lack of permission from Denmark “is not yet critical.”
October 1, it became known that the pipeline was built at 83%.