The US State Department is trying to block an amendment to the country’s draft defense budget for next year. According to it, it is planned to impose sanctions against companies that participated in the certification of Nord Stream 2.
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As noted in the material, the presidential administration does not want to lose the favor of Germany, which is an important ally of the United States.
The amendment was presented by Republican Senators Jim Riche and Ted Cruise. Now US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is calling on Democrats to block the amendment.
“The Democrats are very nervous about the issue of voting on Nord Stream 2, because during the previous administration they all opposed it, and after Biden came to power, the calculations became different,” one of its sources quotes the publication.
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