Lavrov: for people respecting the law, the issue of Nord Stream 2 is closed

“We found ourselves in the position of a country that absolutely, 100%, fulfills its contractual obligations.

The current situation was created to a decisive extent as a result of another decision of what we call the European Union - a decision that convincingly shows what kind of education this is, ”Lavrov said.

The minister recalled that when the Poles tried to slow down Nord Stream 2, the official opinion of the legal service of the European Commission was ordered.

The department presented a document in which it was written in “black and white” that “the investment project was launched long before the amendments were made to the EU gas directive, to the third energy package”.

“That's it, point, the question is closed.

For any person who respects the law, ”he explained.

After that, the EC began to act in the opposite direction, Lavrov said.

“The European Commission took this conclusion and began to carry out its own internal quasi-legal procedures, as a result of which it was said:“ No, you know, it (the gas pipeline project. -

) was really started long before, but it falls under the third energy package and under the gas directive ” ...

This is the quality of our partner in these alleged relations, ”said the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

Earlier, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that she considered the differences between Western countries, including the United States, on Nord Stream 2 not so great.