“We feel a special responsibility” and “understand the big concerns that President Zelensky expressed,” she said. “We take them very seriously,” said the Chancellor, who has spearheaded the pipeline fiercely opposed by Russian neighbours Ukraine, Poland and the Baltic states. (article continues below) See also on The Local:Kiev sees the soon-to-be completed pipeline as “a dangerous geopolitical weapon”, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday. The $12-billion pipeline beneath the Baltic Sea is set to double Russian natural gas shipments to Germany, Europe’s largest economy. “We view this project exclusively through the prism of security and consider it a dangerous geopolitical weapon of the Kremlin,” Zelensky said.

Source: The Local August 22, 2021 12:45 UTC