BERLIN: Germany will put on a show of unity with the United States Tuesday in talks on importing natural gas, as Berlin battles accusations an under-construction pipeline deepens European energy dependence on Russia. LNG as a potential alternative to Russian gas became a hot topic as construction on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline got under way last year. "We aren't fundamentally against Russian gas in Europe. But we're against too much Russian gas driving our partners into dependency," American ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell told the Welt am Sonntag newspaper. "That includes Russian natural gas, but not exclusively... we've made it clear that in future we will land LNG in Germany."

Source: Bangkok Post February 12, 2019 02:26 UTC