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Magdalena Andersson, Prime Minister of Sweden
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Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson has dismissed a report that Sweden no longer wants to investigate the gas leak at the damaged Nord Stream pipelines with Denmark and Germany.
“As I understand it, that's not true.
We are working together with Denmark and Germany on this topic," Andersson said in a TV interview with the Reuters news agency in Berlin that evening.
'The Swedish investigation is still ongoing.
We were quickly in the water for investigations and brought material to the surface.
The investigation is still ongoing.”
SPIEGEL had previously reported that Sweden was allegedly refusing a joint investigation for security reasons.
Andersson also said she didn't know if Russia was behind the pipeline sabotage.
The incident also shows that the EU countries are vulnerable in terms of infrastructure, not only in the energy sector but also in trains like in Germany.
"But the most important lesson at Nord Stream is: We shouldn't be dependent on fossil energy from countries that we shouldn't be dependent on." This includes Russia, but this also affects other countries that she did not name.
The conversion to a green energy industry must be accelerated.
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