German Economy Minister Robert Habek asked Canada to return the turbine for the Nord Stream gas pipeline, while sending it not to the Russian Federation, but to Germany. This was announced on Tuesday, July 5, the agency Bloomberg.
“If this is a legal issue for Canada, I want to make it clear that I am not asking them to deliver it to Russia, but I am asking them to deliver it to Germany,” Habek was quoted as saying.
He called on the Canadian government not to delay this issue.
On June 14 and 15, Gazprom announced the shutdown of first two, and then another gas compressor units that service the Nord Stream. This step was taken due to the fact that the German company Siemens, against the backdrop of anti-Russian sanctions, was unable to return the turbines that were in Canada for maintenance.
On June 22, Bloomberg noted that Canada and Germany are considering ways how overcome the consequences of the situation with equipment delays for Nord Stream. According to Canadian Minister of Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson, Ottawa needs to ensure that sanctions against the Russian side do not result in significant damage to Germany.
On July 4, the head of the Federal Network Agency, Klaus Müller, said that natural gas reserves in Germany would last for one to two months if Russia stopped deliveries. Now German gas storage facilities are slightly more than 60% full, he stressed.
At the same time, the leading expert of the National Energy Security Fund and the Financial University under the Government of Russia, Stanislav Mitrakhovich, told Izvestia that if the German government manages to reach an agreement with the Canadian side, and the turbines can be returned to their place, then already on the 20th of July, Severny flow – 1 “will fully work.
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