Monitoring Desk
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel confirmed Friday that Russia would continue gas transit through Ukraine after the construction of the Nord Stream 2.
The Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline project is aimed at linking Russia and Germany, but it is vastly opposed by Ukraine, Poland and the Baltic States, through which Russia generally exports its natural gas.
“After the launch of the Nord Stream 2, it is not planned to suspend the transit of Russian gas through Ukraine… I want to stress that supplies will continue if they prove to be economically justified and appropriate …read more
Source: The Frontier Post
