Germany, Denmark and Sweden will jointly investigate the emergency at Nord Stream

BERLIN, 1 Oct – PRIME. German Interior Minister Nancy Feser announced plans for Germany, Denmark and Sweden to set up a joint investigation team to investigate the attacks on the Nord Stream.

Feser said in an interview with the Bild am Sonntag newspaper that the available evidence supports the version of “acts of sabotage.” According to the minister, Germany “works very closely with Denmark and Sweden” to find out the reasons for the incident.

“We want to form a Joint Investigation Team, a joint investigation team in accordance with EU law, to which all three states will send investigators,” Feser said, adding that Germany, together with Poland, Denmark and Sweden, conducts patrols at sea, in which forces are involved and ships of the German Federal Police.

Last Monday, terrorist attacks took place simultaneously on two Russian gas export pipelines to Europe. Germany, Denmark and Sweden do not rule out targeted sabotage. The Russian side officially requested information from Denmark about the emergency at Nord Stream as soon as the incident became known. The Danish authorities notified the Russian Federation about the explosions at the site of the gas leak. The Nord Stream operator Nord Stream AG reported that the state of emergency on gas pipelines is unprecedented and it is impossible to estimate the repair time.

The work of Nord Stream has been suspended since the end of August due to problems with the repair of Siemens turbines caused by Western sanctions. However, the pipeline remained filled with gas. Nord Stream 2, completed in 2021 but never put into operation, has also already been filled with gas.

The Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation initiated the initiation of a case on an act of international terrorism after the damage to the Nord Stream gas pipelines.