OREANDA-NEWS. According to RIA Novosti, the fate of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline will be decided in the coming weeks or months. German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas told about this in an interview with n-tv.

According to him, at present no one can say how the problems with the construction of the gas pipeline will end. Among other results, Maas allowed the project to fail; he called this option one of the possible.

The politician noted that the administration of the new US President Joe Biden compares favorably with its predecessors who worked with Donald Trump in that it is ready to negotiate with partners. According to him, earlier in Berlin they learned about sanctions against Nord Stream 2 only from media reports, and not through their own channels.

Maas indicated that he understands the decision of a number of European companies, which were forced to withdraw from the project due to the threat of US sanctions. He himself considers the extraterritorial sanctions themselves to be wrong.

On Tuesday, January 19, the United States for the first time implemented the sanctions threat against the companies involved in the construction of the Russian gas pipeline. The barge Fortuna and its Russian owner were hit. Against this background, Gazprom for the first time admitted that construction could be postponed indefinitely.