The Swedish government has given permission for the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in the Swedish economic zone in the Baltic Sea, Swedish Minister of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Mikael Damberg said at a press conference.
"The government has given permission for the Nord Stream 2, to lay a gas pipeline in the Swedish economic zone in the Baltic Sea, Sweden just cannot reject this project," TASS cited the minister as saying.
Earlier, Bloomberg reported that Sweden had issued authorization for the construction of the "Nord Stream 2".
