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“the members of the company “Nord stream-2″, including the Russian, German and other stakeholders, hopes that the project will be completed. As I understand it, there is reason to believe that this will be done in the near future”, – said Lavrov. According to him, Moscow appreciates the principled stance of Berlin in support of this purely commercial initiative, which will help to diversify the routes of natural gas supplies and strengthen energy security of Europe. The Russian foreign Minister stressed that to assess the project needs European countries themselves, not from overseas.

Extraterritorial sanctions he called unacceptable. “The European Union, promoting its unilateral sanctions, however, the extraterritorial application of their refrains. And the United States do not see any red lines, no edges, as we say, grossly persecuted without any diplomatic clearance with one simple goal: the United States must have the ability and right to do whatever they please, and in world politics and the global economy, and in General in any sphere of human activity,” – said Lavrov.

the Minister drew attention to Washington the last time out of the treaties, structures and organizations, which can be seen as constraining the freedom of action of the United States. “We are continuing contacts with the United States, because that requires pragmatism. But we see how Washington operates in the international arena, do not hesitate any methods”, – said Lavrov.

In the United States publicly declared that the United States will stop the “Nord stream-2”. According to the Russian Minister, “if our European partners are ready to give the decision of their security, be it energy, be it in any sphere, USA, that is their decision.” However, not everyone in EU is so accommodating. Germany has its own position on this issue, and she is promoting.

As noted on his part, Heiko Maas, “transatlantic relations are of outstanding importance for Germany, but this is our sovereign decision of where we will purchase the energy.”

Recall that the construction of the pipeline “Nord stream-2” is the biggest commercial project of the last decade, implemented by Russian and German companies in cooperation with partners from other European countries. The Russian foreign Ministry has repeatedly noted that Moscow sees aggressive US attempts to thwart the completion of the pipeline by introducing its participants against extraterritorial sanctions as a flagrant violation of the Washington international law and a flagrant interference in the internal Affairs of sovereign States.