mo4ch:>Berlin says crisis in Ukraine & Nord Stream 2 pipeline are two separate issues | Mo4ch News

The Russian-led gas pipeline project Nord Stream 2, which is aimed at delivering Russian gas to Europe via Germany, must be completed, according to the German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy Peter Altmaier.The minister says the conflict between Russia and Ukraine has nothing to do with the project.“These are two different issues, two different areas,” Altmaier said in an interview with ARD television, stressing that his office strongly opposes the termination of the pipeline’s construction.On Wednesday, German government spokesman Steffen Seibert confirmed that Berlin is committed to the Nord Stream 2 pipeline despite escalating tensions in Ukraine.Read more “I have taken note of the criticism but nothing has changed in the basic view of the economic project, which is what Nord Stream is,” Seibert told journalists in Berlin.The Nord Stream 2 pipeline has been slammed by Ukraine, the US and some other nations for various reasons. They have stepped up criticism of the pr…