“We take it into consideration with regret,” a representative of the German Ministry of Economy told the German agency DPA.
As the agency writes, the US Embassy in Berlin on Monday, January 18, informed the German government about plans to introduce restrictive measures.
Earlier, the German edition of Handelblatt reported that on January 19, the American side intends to impose restrictive measures against the company KBT-Rus, which owns Fortuna.
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said that Germany is interested in discussing the Nord Stream 2 project with the new United States authorities.