According to him, it is now necessary to protect the infrastructure of the Nord Stream from further destruction. Kretschmer warned that if the damage is not repaired, Nord Stream will be unusable for a long time.
He stressed that after the end of the conflict, Germany will need to use not only expensive liquefied gas. “We will have to evaluate in which country cheaper alternatives can be bought, this is in our national interest,” said the politician.
Germany depends on the supply of liquefied gas, building terminals for it. To date, only one is officially working, on Saturday Chancellor Olaf Scholz will open the second, clarifies TASS.
At the end of September 2022, Nord Stream AG announced an “unprecedented destruction” on three offshore gas pipeline chains Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2. The Swedish public prosecutor’s office determined that it was sabotage. The investigation is currently ongoing. In the West, the repair of the gas pipeline was estimated at $500 million.
In December, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Moscow would not allow the West to “sweep under the rug” what happened with Nord Stream.
