Foundation boss: Stop of Nord Stream 2 is an offer for talks
Created: 02/23/2022, 10:54 am
Erwin Sellering (SPD) speaks.
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According to the chairman of the climate foundation Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, which is financed by Nord Stream, the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline, which has been stopped for the time being, still has a small chance.
"Stopping the certification process as a first step is still an offer to talk to Putin," said Erwin Sellering in an interview with the "Schweriner Volkszeitung" (Wednesday edition).
Schwerin - The former Prime Minister of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and SPD politician made it clear at the same time: "If Putin continues like this, the pipeline will not exist." Scholz had taken a first step towards ending the Baltic Sea gas pipeline.
The Chancellor's reaction to the escalation in Ukraine was wise and appropriate.
The climate foundation was founded in Schwerin at the beginning of 2021 following a state parliament resolution.
The main goal was to support the completion of the pipeline in the face of threats of US sanctions.
According to Nord Stream Sellering, it paid 20 million euros to the foundation.
In addition, it is to finance environmental projects in MV.
The country gave 200,000 euros.
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Sellering assured that the foundation would rest its work on the now completed Nord Stream 2 pipeline - as requested by the state government on Tuesday.
Sellering only gave approximate information about what this support looked like.
“If a welder was missing, we got a welder.
If something else was missing, we got something else.” Sellering said nothing about the rumor that the foundation had also acquired a special ship and made it available for the construction of the pipeline.
"Anyone who deals with a world power is well advised not to comment on every single step."
The controversial gas pipeline through the Baltic Sea is finished, but the approval process for operation was stopped by the federal government on Tuesday.
In doing so, she reacted to the Russian recognition of the self-proclaimed People's Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine.
According to the Russian gas company Gazprom, the pipeline was completed in September 2021 and is intended to bring gas from Russia to Germany.
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