“In 2021, an agreement followed between President (USA Joe. -
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) Biden and Merkel, according to which Washington refused to oppose Nord Stream 2, and on the same evening Merkel called Putin.
I was shocked,” said Duda.
He noted that this move contained "an act of hostility towards Eastern Europe."
Relations between Warsaw and Berlin are at their worst since 1990, Duda concluded.
Earlier, the authorities of seven cities and communes located on the island of Rügen in the Baltic Sea wrote a letter to the German government, in which they suggested considering the use of Nord Stream 2.
Putin said that about two months ago he warned German Chancellor Olaf Scholz that Russia would withdraw half of the volume intended for Nord Stream 2 for domestic consumption and processing.
According to the Russian leader, Gazprom has already done this.
The head of the analytical department of AMarkets, Artyom Deev, in an interview with FAN, explained why Europe will not be able to completely abandon Russian gas.