Xinhua News Agency, Brussels, July 17th (Reporter Li Jizhi) Borreli, a senior EU diplomatic and security policy representative, issued a statement on the 17th and expressed deep concern about the increasing use of sanctions or threats by the United States against European companies. , He believes this will harm European interests.
Borelli said in a statement that the EU "has seen this trend" on issues such as Iran, Cuba, the International Criminal Court, and the recent "Beixi-2" natural gas pipeline project and the "Turkey Creek" second-line project.
Borelli said that European policy should be decided by Europe, not by a third country. The EU opposes sanctions imposed by third countries on the legal operations of European companies. Such "extraterritorial sanctions" violate international law. He said that the EU has always welcomed dialogue, but "the dialogue cannot be conducted under the threat of sanctions."
US Secretary of State Pompeo threatened on the 15th that the US would impose sanctions on participants of the "Beixi-2" project and the "Turkey Creek" project. US officials have issued threats of sanctions against the aforementioned natural gas pipeline projects more than once.
German Foreign Minister Mas said on the 16th that he opposed the United States' recent threat to impose sanctions on companies involved in the "Beixi-2" gas pipeline project. The European energy policy should be formulated by Europe. Russia has repeatedly stated that the real purpose of US sanctions is to promote US natural gas exports to Europe.