"I consider it appropriate, as well as necessary in the light of the current situation, to involve Russia in the international investigation of the attack," TASS quoted him as saying.

At the same time, in an interview with the agency, he called incomprehensible the decision of the German authorities not to join the Russian resolution calling for an independent international investigation of sabotage on Nord Streams.

"The attack on Nord Streams needs to be investigated. Why the federal government did not join the resolution calling for an independent and internationally agreed investigation is incomprehensible to me," Ernst said.

On March 27, the UN Security Council did not adopt the resolution proposed by Russia on the investigation of the explosions on Nord Streams.

According to Russia's first deputy permanent representative to the UN, Dmitry Polyansky, the West put pressure on the members of the UN Security Council not to vote for the draft Russian resolution.

Earlier, American journalist Seymour Hersh published an investigation into the involvement of the United States in the undermining of Nord Streams.

Hersh's investigation claims that Nord Streams were mined by divers from the United States: they operated under the cover of the BALTOPS 22 exercises, which took place in the Baltic Sea from June 5 to June 17, 2022.