As the head of government noted, this is not about the fact that there is no relationship between the United States and Russia in the oil sector.
“We need to consider all this as a whole, talk with each other, (is there) a desire to conduct gas trade with Russia at all, what dependence will be recognized ... I consider these extraterritorial sanctions in any case a means that is inappropriate,” RIA Novosti quotes Merkel.
Earlier, the US extended sanctions on the gas pipeline project.
The measures are directed against the pipe-laying barge Fortuna and its owner company.
The Kremlin described Washington's actions as crude and illegal pressure on economic operators.
The German government said that Berlin's position on the completion of construction remains the same.