This is reported by "Izvestia" with reference to several sources familiar with the progress of the project.
According to the interlocutors, at present, the delay in approving the construction is administrative in nature.
“There were political moments when the application concerned passage through Danish territorial waters. At that stage, they could tighten, tightened. In late June, she was recalled. But in the case of applications filed in July, we are talking about routes through the exclusive economic zone of Denmark, which is regulated by the international convention on the law of the sea. And there Copenhagen can’t do anything, ”the source said.
It is noted that the approval process is on the finish line.
Earlier, the head of the Austrian OMV, Rainer Seele, said that the operator of the Nord Stream 2 project sees a "very good chance" to get permission from Denmark to build a gas pipeline.
Rustam Tankaev, a leading expert at the Union of Oil and Gas Industrialists of Russia, in an interview with the NSN, assessed Denmark’s position on Nord Stream 2.
More on the topic - in the material RT.