Germany denied the existence of a deal with the United States on "Nord Stream - 2"

RIA Novosti informs about it.

“I deny that there is some dirty deal, there is no such deal.

I strongly reject it, there is no dirty deal, ”she said.

According to the agency, in September 2020, the media reported that the head of the German Ministry of Finance, Olaf Scholz, allegedly proposed a deal to the United States, according to which Berlin could invest € 1 billion in the liquefied gas industry in the United States in exchange for Washington's concession on Nord Stream 2. which would allow the project to be completed and operated without pressure from the United States.

Earlier, the deputy official representative of the German government, Ulrike Demmer, said that Germany is in contact with the American side regarding threats to impose sanctions against Nord Stream 2.