US wants to put diplomatic pressure on Nord Stream 2

The US is on the offensive to stop Russian domination of the European gas market. This is evidenced by the statements of the representative of the State Department Robin Dannigan about Nord Stream 2, quoted in the Danish newspaper "Berlingsk".

The Nord Stream2 gas pipeline is to run under the Baltic Sea near the Danish island of Bornholm to a station in Germany, and the US wants to put diplomatic pressure on countries that have not yet approved the project, such as Denmark.

“Our interest is in the interest of the European Commission, which is also concerned and wants to negotiate with Russia on behalf of Denmark,” said Robin Dunnigan, adding that it is in the US's interest for the European Commission to negotiate to ensure energy security “whenever possible”.

“According to the US, NATO's strategic partners, such as Germany and other European countries, are too dependent on energy supplies from Russia. The United States emphasizes that Russia now poses a greater threat than before, ”according to Robin Dunnigan.

The Americans also believe that Nord Stream 2 can become an instrument of Russia in the political struggle with Ukraine, which, if the pipeline is put into operation, will lose billions of dollars in gas transit revenues, which would be a sharp blow to the Ukrainian economy, in which gas revenues are an important part of it. ...