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German Envoy Signals Pipeline May Be Targeted If Russia Invades
Germany’s top diplomat signaled that Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government may take action on the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline should Russia invade Ukraine. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, at the start of a trip to Ukraine and Russia in Germany’s latest effort to broker a diplomatic solution to the conflict, reiterated that the Gazprom PJSC-owned link under the Baltic Sea carries “geo-strategic implications.” “We will undertake corresponding measures with our partners should there be a further escalation on behalf of Russia,” Baerbock told reporters in Kyiv on Monday after talks with her ... (full story)