Russia not informed on progress of Nord Stream blasts probe – diplomat

Russia not informed on progress of Nord Stream blasts probe – diplomat

Moscow has not been knowledgeable concerning the progress of an investigation into final 12 months’s Nord Stream pipeline blasts and has handed in a report back to show this to the United Nations, a senior diplomat mentioned on Tuesday.

Russia has ready an “official document” based mostly on its correspondence with Denmark, Sweden and Germany and has given copies of it to the U.N. Security Council and the U.N. General Assembly, mentioned Dmitry Polyanskiy, Russia’s deputy U.N. ambassador.

“The documents allow our colleagues at the U.N. to verify that the allegations that these countries have informed us of the progress of their investigations are not true,” Polyanskiy mentioned on the Telegram messaging platform.

The Sept. 26 explosions on the pipelines connecting Russia and Germany occurred within the unique financial zones of Sweden and Denmark.

Denmark, Germany and Sweden advised the Security Council in a joint letter in February that the “Russian authorities have been informed regarding the ongoing investigations” by their nationwide authorities.

Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2, every consisting of two pipes, have been constructed by Russia’s state-controlled Gazprom to pump 110 billion cubic metres (bcm) of pure fuel a 12 months to Germany below the Baltic Sea.

Source: www.anews.com.tr