US Disagrees With Germany on Nord Stream 2 Pipeline, Seeing It as ‘Threat to Europe’s Energy Security’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that Washington disagrees with Germany on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, calling it a threat to Europe’s energy security, adding that both countries had agreed to ensure that Russia cannot use energy as a coercive tool against Ukraine or other states. Blinken met in Berlin […]
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that Washington disagrees with Germany on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, calling it a threat to Europe’s energy security, adding that both countries had agreed to ensure that Russia cannot use energy as a coercive tool against Ukraine or other states. Blinken met in Berlin with his German counterpart Heiko Maas and discussed U.S.–German relations, but there was no sign of progress in talks to overcome the impasse over Nord Stream 2. And neither Blinken nor Maas could offer a timetable for a possible resolution. “We don’t always agree. The foreign minister and I spoke today about one of those areas of disagreement, the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, which we continue to believe is a threat to Europe’s energy security,” Blinken said at the joint press conference after their meeting. Mass said that Germany is aware that Washington expects Germany ...
