US State Department insisted on the introduction of sanctions against Nord Stream 2 AG, which participates in the construction of the North Stream-2 gas pipeline, but President Joe Biden refused. This became known to the Washington Post newspaper.
According to the information of close sources, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, his deputy Weni Sherman and Zarogossekartar for political issues Victoria Nulander was for sanctions against the project.
However, Biden, as well as high-ranking representatives of the National Security Council, refused restrictions due to concerns to ruin relations with Germany. The publication also indicates that since the project is almost completed, the White House considers it as a fact, so it makes no sense to jeopardize the relations of the two countries.
In late May, the American leader Joe Biden reported that the US sanctions would not be able to stop the construction of the North Stream-2 gas pipeline, since it was almost completed. Before that, Washington refused sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 AG gas pipeline operator and his heads of Mattias Varniga.
Initially, the launch of the “Northern Flow-2” was scheduled for the end of 2019, but due to American sanctions it had to postpone him several times. Russian President Vladimir Putin said in June that the completion of the second branch of the pipeline will occur after one and a half or two months.