Ambassador Chaly: Issue of Nord Stream 2 unlikely to advance by year end
Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Valeriy Chaly expressed this conviction on the sidelines of the Ukrainian Days at the U.S. Congress, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
“We talked about Nord Stream 2 just a few days ago at the forum where I represented Ukraine. The stance of Ukraine - both of the parliament and the government - on this issue is clear: we oppose this project because we believe that it is not economical, not energetic, but purely geopolitical one. For Ukraine, it poses a direct threat in the security area," the Ukrainian diplomat said.
He recalled how the head of the Nord Stream 2 project had said at the same forum a year ago that it implied no political component. “Now they recognized that there is an issue that casts doubt on the implementation of this project by the end of the year. I think that it will not be implemented by year end,” Chaly stressed.
In this context, he also noted that "the stance of the United States is quite powerful, and the President of the United States made it clear that sanctions will be considered in Congress, and if a decision on sanctions is made, he is ready to sign this decision." The Congress, according to the ambassador, "is very serious about this issue."
Thus, the diplomat noted, the United States and Ukraine share the same position. “We hope that the same understanding will be among European countries and they will not put themselves in dependence on one energy supplier, Russia,” the Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States said.
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