The US wants Germany and its European partners to halt construction on Nord Stream 2, a top American diplomat has said. Russian ships have increased activity in the area where the last stretch of the unfinished pipeline lies.
Now is the time for Germany and the EU to impose a moratorium on the construction of the pipeline,” Robin Quinville, acting US ambassador in Berlin, told German newspaper the Handelsblatt on Saturday. The diplomat also called the gas link, designed to deliver cheaper Russian gas to the European market, a “political tool” used by Kremlin to “bypass Ukraine” and “divide Europe.”
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