Sources observing the online talks told the publication about this.
It is clarified that at least 12 officials from three American departments took part in the negotiations: the State Department, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Energy.
"US officials" have made it very clear that they want to prevent the completion of the pipeline, "the newspaper said.
As the interlocutor of Die Welt noted, "the threat is very, very serious."
Earlier it was reported that Congressmen of the US House of Representatives approved the draft defense budget for 2021, which spelled out expanded sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.
On July 17, the European Union opposed unilateral US sanctions, including those on the Nord Stream 2 and Turkish Stream projects.