Poland rejects reports of involvement in Nord Stream sabotage

Poland rejects reports of involvement in Nord Stream sabotage

Poland denied on Thursday experiences of its doable involvement within the blowing up of the Nord Stream gasoline pipelines within the Baltic Sea final autumn.

“There is no evidence of any involvement of Polish citizens in the blowing up of the Nord Stream pipeline,” the Pomerania regional division of the organized crime and corruption division of the National Prosecutor’s Office in Gdansk informed dpa.

However, investigations indicated {that a} yacht, which in accordance with earlier experiences might have been utilized by a sabotage workforce, had sailed to Poland.

A fortnight in the past, the Wall Street Journal reported that German investigators have been inspecting proof that the sabotage workforce might have used Poland as an operational base.

According to the report, the crusing yacht Andromeda, which was focused by investigators in reference to the assaults, had sailed into Polish territorial waters. There are additionally indications that Poland served as a logistical and monetary centre for the assault.

The prosecutor’s workplace mentioned there was “no direct evidence that the persons on the Andromeda yacht were involved in damaging the Nord Stream pipeline.”

Investigations indicated that the vessel had certainly sailed to Poland with six folks and had known as at a port. After a 12-hour keep, nevertheless, it left Polish territorial waters once more. No objects have been taken on board throughout the keep.

The public prosecutor’s workplace added that it was not in a position to give extra detailed data on the investigations as a result of doing so would possibly jeopardize them.

In addition, a request for authorized help had been despatched to Germany and different nations. According to analysis by the Die Zeit and Süddeutsche Zeitung newspapers and the broadcaster ARD, amongst others, the port of name in Poland was Kołobrzeg.

Citing investigators, the Polish every day newspaper Rzeczpospolita and the news company PAP have reported that there was no proof that the yacht had sailed from Poland to the world the place the pipelines have been blown up.

Nord Stream 1 and a couple of run from Russia to Germany as an underwater double pipeline. At the tip of September, 4 leaks have been found within the pipelines after explosions.

Source: www.anews.com.tr