About this in an interview “European truth”, published on January 4, said the Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnik.
“After the creation of the coalition, the contradictions in the positions of these parties reappear. they say, the pipe has already been built, we cannot bury at the bottom of the Baltic Sea… Now this dispute is coming to the surface – and this gives us a chance, “the diplomat said.
According to Melnik, launching the pipeline before the end of winter is an unlikely scenario, given that the certification process has been suspended and is unlikely to end earlier than mid-2022.
At the same time, the reduction of gas supplies to the Russian Federation will not force the EU to deviate from the procedures, the Ambassador of Ukraine to Germany believes.
Context:
Construction of Nord Stream 2, which should connect the RF and the FRG along the bottom of the Baltic Sea, bypassing Ukraine, fully completed… On December 29, 2021, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said that the first and second strings of the gas pipeline were under operating pressure and “completely ready for use”.
The authorities of Ukraine, Poland, Hungary, Moldova, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia consider the pipeline a threat to energy security Europe.
Joe Biden’s administration spoke against the construction of a gas pipeline, however, at the end of May last year, the head of the White House called it “counterproductive” from the point of view of relations with Europe, the introduction of new sanctions against Nord Stream 2, since the gas pipeline is “practically finished.”
Germany and the United States announced on July 21, 2021 that they have concluded agreement on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline… Germany promised to apply national sanctions against Russia and call for effective EU measures if Russia continues to use gas as a an instrument of pressure on other countries or “will commit further aggressive actions against Ukraine.”
The Supreme Land Court of Dusseldorf, Germany, on 25 August this year, ordered the pipeline operator be independent from Gazprom and adhere to European legislation.
Company “Operator of the gas transmission system of Ukraine” (OGTSU) reportedthat Nord Stream 2 AG, which is 100% owned by Russia’s Gazprom, applied for certification as an independent operator of the Nord Stream 2 transmission system on September 8 to the Federal Network Agency of the Federal Republic of Germany.
“German Wave” noted that a preliminary decision on Nord Stream 2 should be made by the Federal Network Agency of Germany, and then the European Commission will have to express its position on the gas pipeline, it can take up to four months to develop a conclusion. After that, the German regulator will have another two months to make a final decision.
On November 16, it became known that the German Federal Network Agency suspended certification “Nord Stream – 2”. The OGTSU admitted that Gazprom will try to bypass EU legislation for pipeline certification.
President of the German Federal Network Agency Jochen Hohmann noted on December 16 that Nord Stream 2 will not be launched in the first half of 2022… According to him, Nord Stream AG has begun the process of setting up a subsidiary in Germany. Hohmann added that Nord Stream 2 certification will resume as soon as the company provides the necessary documents.
Vice-Chancellor of Germany Robert Habek in an interview with the FAZ newspaper published on December 18, called a mistake the Nord Stream 2 project.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, against the backdrop of a gas shortage in Europe, said on December 29 that additional large volumes of Russian fuel would go to Europe as soon as the EU allowed the launch of Nord Stream 2.
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