US concerned over gas pipeline project Nord stream-2″ and believe that the pipeline will have a negative impact on Eastern Europe. on Wednesday, may 4, said the U.S. Secretary of state John Kerry at a meeting with the head of European diplomacy Federica Mogherini. His words leads RIA Novosti.
“We will discuss the specific issue that is of deep concern to me and all here is the pipeline “Nord stream-2″. The project has generated very lively debates on both sides of the Atlantic, and we are convinced that he definitely will have a negative impact on Ukraine, Slovakia and Eastern Europe. We must not lose that,” said Kerry.
At the same time, the United States and the European Union supported the energy reform in Ukraine, including raising prices, and the diversification of energozatrat and energy security of the country. This is stated in a joint statement released last Wednesday in Washington, the Council on energy, the US-EU.
The Council stressed the importance of the role of Ukraine as an important transit country for the EU. In his opinion, the provision of adequate and diverse fuel supply, including in the energy sector for Ukraine, Moldova and other vulnerable countries remains a key priority for the US and the EU, and the Council welcomes the efforts in this direction.”
Also, the Council supported Ukraine correction in energy prices so that they are closer to cost, the adoption of laws on the establishment of an independent regulator, law on electricity market.
The shareholders agreement for the project “Nord stream-2, which implies the extension of “Northern stream” was signed in September of 2015 at the Eastern economic forum in Vladivostok. In the new consortium includes Gazprom, E. ON, Shell, BASF/Wintershall, OMV and Engie. Two new lines of total annual capacity of 55 billion cubic meters, and existing, will pass from the Russian coast under the Baltic sea to Germany. The pipeline is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2019.
Earlier it was reported that “Gazprom” plans to begin construction of the pipeline “Nord stream-2” on 1 April 2018.
Against the implementation of the project a number of Eastern European countries. In March it was reported that representatives of eight countries-EU members (Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Slovakia, Romania and Lithuania) signed a letter to European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, in which he expressed a negative attitude towards the Nord stream-2″ and reported the risks that it poses to energy security in Central and Eastern Europe. Criticize the project in the United States.
