The German Chancellor suspends the launch of Nord Stream 2
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The German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, decided to suspend the commissioning of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea. The gas pipeline will not be certified yet, and without this certificate, Nord Stream 2 cannot be launched, informs the AP agency.
He announced that Nord Stream 2 certification cannot be continued after Russia's recent actions. As can be read from the agency cables, Olaf Scholz said that the German Ministry of Economy "will carry out a new supply security assessment", taking into account the latest moves by Russia towards Ukraine.
"The situation has changed dramatically," Scholz emphasized.
The German chancellor also condemned the decision of the Russian president to recognize the separatist people's republics in Lugansk and Donetsk as independent states. It stated that it was "a serious breach of international law", leading to a breach of the Minsk Agreements, but also of the United Nations Charter. He added that the President of Ukraine deserves our greatest respect for the fact that his country does not allow itself to be provoked by Russia.
“Because that's what the Russian president is waiting for, to have an excuse to occupy the whole of Ukraine,” Scholz stressed.
