OREANDA-NEWS. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that US sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline are connected not with a concern for the EU’s energy security, but with pushing liquefied natural gas from America.

In his opinion, Washington’s gas sanctions are an outrageous example of unfair competition and politicization of the energy sector. “The construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is close to completion, that is why its opponents have stepped up efforts to disrupt the project. The inclusion of sanctions in the American law on defense spending in 2020 is an impertinent, cynical act of interference in European business," Lavrov said.

The minister also noted that some American senators have come to direct threats to the leadership of companies engaged in the construction of the pipeline.