Lavrov declared the illegitimacy of US sanctions on "Nord Stream 2"

“In the case of Nord Stream 2, there are quite frank methods of unscrupulous competition.

The Americans openly declare that Nord Stream 2 must be stopped because it violates Europe's energy security.

And that for the energy security of Europe, it must buy liquefied natural gas from the United States, "RIA Novosti quotes him.

At the same time, the minister recalled that the purchase of gas from the United States is more expensive compared to deliveries through new pipelines.

Lavrov also stressed that only the sanctions initiated by the UN Security Council are legitimate.

“Everything else is an attempt to undermine international law, to undermine the principles of the UN Charter,” he added.

Earlier, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that possible new US sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline contradict notions of law.