Wednesday, May 4, 2016

John Kerry: “Nord Stream-2″ have a negative impact on Eastern Europe – BBC News

US Secretary of State John Kerry said that the construction of the pipeline “Nord Stream-2″ (Nord Stream II) have a negative impact on the situation in Eastern Europe. This opinion Kerry said at a meeting with EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, which took place in the framework of the EU-US Energy Dialogue in Washington.

The new gas pipeline is the debate on both sides of the Atlantic, said Kerry and its construction will negatively affect the Ukraine, Slovakia and Eastern Europe

Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stressed that the construction of the “Nord stream-2″ -. a project purely commercial. Attempts to lock a political nature, Lavrov said. Difficulties in implementing the project are trying to create the United States, acting on their “friends in NATO,” the diplomat added.

“Nord Stream-2″, according to the project, will be built next to the “Nord Stream” and will consist of two thread of the pipeline, which will stretch from the coast of Russia to Germany via the Baltic sea. Its capacity is 55 billion cubic meters, according to RIA Novosti. 50 percent of the gas pipeline will be owned by “Gazprom”, and 10 percent receive BASF, E.ON, Engie, OMV, Shell.

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