“I cannot verify this particular message,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

Haq redirected to journalists the question of the authenticity of this information.

Earlier, American investigative journalist Seymour Hersh wrote an article stating that US divers planted explosives under the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines under the cover of NATO exercises.

According to him, the Norwegians activated the explosives.

Hersh also said that US national security adviser Jake Sullivan was involved in drawing up a plan for a terrorist attack on the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 pipelines.