The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) commented on the call of the country's Prime Minister Mette Fredriksen to start a discussion about the future of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline due to the situation with Alexei Navalny, hospitalized in Germany. This was reported by RIA Novosti.
The agency assured that their main goal is to comply with the environmental and safety requirements of the gas pipeline. It is noted that only the activities of companies already participating in the project fall under the responsibility of the DEA, which must guarantee all the established conditions of the project.
Earlier, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen called for a new discussion on the ban on the construction of the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline. The politician said that Denmark initially opposed the implementation of the project, since the construction of the gas pipeline would make European countries dependent on Russia.
The pipeline bypasses transit states – Ukraine, Belarus, Poland and other Eastern European and Baltic countries – through the exclusive economic zones and territorial waters of Russia, Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Germany. Denmark agreed to build a gas pipeline in its territorial waters in early August.
