Nord Stream 2 and Potential Sanctionable Activity

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Nord Stream 2 and Potential Sanctionable Activity

The following press statement was published by the U.S Department of State, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs on March 18, 2021. It is reproduced in full below.

As the President has said, Nord Stream 2 is a bad deal - for Germany, for Ukraine, and for our Central and Eastern European allies and partners. The Department is tracking efforts to complete the Nord Stream 2 pipeline and is evaluating information regarding entities that appear to be involved.

As multiple U.S. administrations have made clear, this pipeline is a Russian geopolitical project intended to divide Europe and weaken European energy security. The sanctions legislation Congress passed in 2019 and expanded in 2020 has significant support from a bipartisan Congressional majority.

The Biden Administration is committed to complying with that legislation. The Department reiterates its warning that any entity involved in the Nord Stream 2 pipeline risks U.S. sanctions and should immediately abandon work on the pipeline.

Source: U.S Department of State, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs

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