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Biden threatens to shut down Nord Stream 2 pipeline
US President Joe Biden said an invasion of Ukraine by Russia would put an end to the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project
US President Joe Biden has threatened to shut down Nord Stream 2, a crucial Germany-Russia pipeline, if Russian troops cross the border into Ukraine. Biden made the threat as he was speaking alongside German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at a joint press conference in the White House on Monday.
“We will bring an end to it,” Biden said of the pipeline. When grilled by a journalist on how exactly Washington would be able to block the project since it was “within Germany’s control,” Biden refused to elaborate, saying only: “We will, I promise you, we’ll be able to do it.”
It remained unclear, however, if Scholz was on board with the idea. When asked directly about the fate of the project if Russia invades Ukraine, the German leader refrained from mentioning the pipeline by name.
“We have intensively prepared everything to be ready with the necessary sanctions if there is a military aggression against Ukraine,” the German chancellor said, adding that he wouldn’t go into specifics “because Russia should understand that there might be even more to come.”
Biden says Germany is marching ‘in lockstep’ with Washington
The Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline has already been completed, but is still awaiting the go-ahead from German regulators. The approval of the project was suspended in mid-November.
https://www.rt.com/news/548599-biden-russia-ukraine-americans/
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