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Work resumes on controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline
Porject in the crosshairs of the United States
11 December, 18:33
(ANSA-AFP) - BERLIN, DEC 11 - Construction work resumed
Friday on the disputed Nord Stream 2 pipeline which is to bring
Russian gas to Germany, the project's managers said, despite
protests from the United States. "The pipelay vessel Fortuna
will lay a 2.6 kilometre (1.6 mile) section of the pipeline in
the German Exclusive Economic Zone in water depths of less than
30 metres (100 feet)," said Nord Stream 2 in a statement. Nord
Stream 2 is a 10-billion-euro ($11-billion) pipeline beneath the
Baltic Sea and is set to double Russian natural-gas shipments to
Germany, Europe's largest economy. It has long been in the
crosshairs of the United States, and particularly the Trump
administration, which has fiercely criticised European countries
for their reliance on energy from Russia. (ANSA-AFP).
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