Ukraine has good cards in its hands against Nord Stream 2 – Ambassador Melnyk
Ukraine has good cards in hand for the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline to receive a “yellow card” from the new coalition in Germany.
This opinion was expressed by the Ambassador of Ukraine Andriy Melnyk on the talk show “Right to Power”, Ukrinform correspondent reports.
The ambassador said that our side constantly signals Kyiv’s position to those known about it.
According to Melnyk, the question of the fate of Nord Stream cannot be left to the technical regulator, but instead the future coalition must be allowed to withdraw politically from this process.
“Today we are working on that and demand that despite this technical certification process, which we hope will not succeed in Gazprom, that the new political elite that comes to power in Berlin be able to issue a yellow card to the North.” flow “. I think that we have such a chance and it is not only about the position of the Green Party, but also about the position of the Liberals, that we have good cards in hand. I think the game is far from over, “the diplomat said.
As reported, on November 24, the parties – SDP, VdPN and “Greens” – approved coalitions, which were named “Svitfor” in accordance with the party colors approved by the Coalition Agreement. It is expected to be approved by the relevant parties within 10 days and during the second week of December the Bundestag will vote for the new Chancellor’s candidate, Olaf Scholz.
Earlier, Melnyk publicly called for the future government coalition of Germany protection to respond to the continuation of the Kremlin’s destructive policy in the international arena, large-scale increase of the military presence on the border with Ukraine, as well as clear instrumentalization of the energy factor.