Photo: Still from the video
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said gas transit through Ukraine should continue after the completion of construction and the launch of the Nord Stream-2 pipeline, Bloomberg said. Merkel said this before talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
“We will do everything in our power to make it clear that Nord Stream 2 will not cancel the promised deliveries via Ukraine,” the chancellor said. Germany.
Joe Biden and Angela Merkel will meet in Washington on Thursday. The main topic will be the discussion on the fate of Nord Stream 2. The American leadership has suspended sanctions that were supposed to interfere with the construction of the pipeline, but demanded that Germany take measures to ensure the transit of gas through Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Zelenský previously noted that Nord Stream 2 posed a threat to European security and rejected economic compensation calling for the suspension of pipeline construction. According to his press secretary Sergei Nikiforov, Kiev is also ready to exchange the requirements for Nord Stream 2 for guarantees of Donbas's return to Ukraine.