“I think that both we and the operator company, an international company registered, by the way, in Switzerland, are ready for this,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.
Earlier, Russian leader Vladimir Putin announced the completion of pipe-laying for the first string of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.
US President Joe Biden admitted that the construction of this gas pipeline is nearing completion and the imposition of sanctions against the project will be counterproductive for relations with Europe.