According to German Economy Minister Robert Habeck, the attacks on gas pipelines were “strategic and difficult to implement”.
Germany’s Minister of Economy Robert Habeck says that the damage to the Nord Stream gas pipelines could not have been carried out by a private entity. This is reported by the Reuters news agency.
According to Habeck, the damage to the gas pipelines was “deliberately caused in a way that was so strategic and difficult to implement that it cannot be a private factor”. Habeck told reporters in Berlin.
According to Habeck, preparing for attacks on critical infrastructure is high on the German government’s agenda due to the incident.
Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday that NATO has doubled its presence in the Baltic and North Seas after the sabotage attack on the Nord Stream gas pipelines.
Read more: Stoltenberg: NATO has doubled its presence in the Baltic and North Seas
from Russia At the end of September, a total of four leakage points were detected in the Nord Stream gas pipelines going to Germany, two of which were located in Sweden’s exclusive economic zone and two in Denmark’s exclusive economic zone.
The Swedish security police, Säpo, said last week that it had concluded a criminal investigation into what happened. Based on the investigation, Nord Stream gas pipelines have been hit by explosions in Sweden’s economic zone. According to Säpo, suspicions of sabotage targeting gas pipelines have become stronger.
Säpo says that it took possession of material in connection with the crime scene investigation, which it continues to investigate. Based on further investigations, Säpo says that he will assess which party can be suspected of the acts and later blamed.
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