She appreciated reports that US President Joe Biden once again spoke out against the project.
Zakharova stressed that this is the largest project.
“This is an existential project for Germany.
I heard from the German representatives.
I read the analytics of German specialists.
They qualify this energy project as existential for themselves, ”said the representative of the Foreign Ministry.
According to her, this is a business project that is not related to politics, but is related to the internal development of Germany.
"And, in this regard, the question must be asked: what if tomorrow the President of the United States of America, Biden, Obama, Trump, or anyone else, orders Germany to stop breathing, Germany will listen, stop breathing?"
- noted Zakharova.
Earlier, the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, announced the presence of supporters of Nord Stream 2 in NATO.
According to him, the organization was unable to work out a common position on the project.