Michael Roth, chair of the German Bundestag’s foreign affairs committee, said on Sunday that he doesn’t think that Nord Stream-2 is a purely economic project.
"I must admit that Nord Stream 2 is not a purely economic project, even if it is being implemented by a dozen of European companies from 12 EU member nations. Naturally, it has a political aspect and this is what causes headache to many partners in EU," he said in an interview with the radio Deutschlandfunk station.
According to Roth, Germany, including during talks with Moscow, tried to allay Kiev’s fears and gave to understand that the launch of the gas pipeline should not harm Ukraine when no gas is pumped to Europe via its territory.
