“We needed to make sure that the project is fully consistent with our international obligations and environmental standards. This was not a political issue since our foreign minister was no longer dealing with it. The decision was made by an agency to which this issue was delegated by the ministry for technical reasons, ”RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.
As the ambassador noted, the Danish Energy Agency (DEA) gave its permission to build the pipeline also because the project operator Nord Stream 2 AG submitted a new request, which already mentioned the laying of the pipeline not through Danish territorial waters, but through the economic zone of Denmark.
On October 30, Nord Stream 2 received permission to lay Nord Stream 2 along a route southeast of Bornholm Island.
Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov commented on the decision of the Danish agency.
The leading analyst of the National Energy Security Fund Igor Yushkov, in an interview with the NSN, praised this decision of the Danish Energy Agency.
More on the topic - in the material RT.