Germany announced optimism on the issue of "Nord Stream - 2" because of Biden

According to RIA Novosti, he also noted that he was sorry that this project was shaping German-American and even European-American relations.

“I hope I’m not too optimistic, but I really hope that with the new Biden administration we can find partners who want to work with us and reassess what is really going on, because we do not believe that Nord Stream - 2 "increases our dependence," he said.

At the same time, Annen added that Germany is currently in the phase of "energy transition".

The country's abandonment of coal and nuclear power in favor of renewable sources implies that Germany needs gas as a transitional source of energy.

“I think we need to be realistic, but we believe that we (Germany. -

) had good politics for many years, which was overlooked because of the political line that complicated the situation.

So let's wait, but I am more optimistic than a year ago, ”he concluded.

Earlier, the German government called the US sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 project an interference with the EU sovereignty.