MOSCOW (UrduPoint News \/ Sputnik – 05th April, 2019) The\u00a0Nord\u00a0Stream 2\u00a0gas\u00a0pipeline project will be implemented even with the introduction of amendments to the EU\u00a0Gas\u00a0Directive,\u00a0Russian\u00a0Energy Minister Alexander Novak told reporters Friday.On Thursday, the European\u00a0Parliament\u00a0approved amendments to the EU\u00a0Gas\u00a0Directive, which relate to the rules of operation of offshore sections of\u00a0gas\u00a0pipelines in the\u00a0European Union. Now the amendments should be finally approved by the Council of the\u00a0European Union.”Based on the draft [amendments to the\u00a0Gas\u00a0Directive] that were considered and adopted by the European\u00a0Parliament\u00a0yesterday, we can say the project will be implemented. And, of course, it will be implemented under this legislation, within the framework of what\u00a0may\u00a0be adopted.That is, these\u00a0Gas\u00a0Directive requirements will be implemented,” Novak said when asked if changes to the EU\u00a0Gas\u00a0Directive would affect the implementation of the\u00a0Nord\u00a0Stream 2 project.The\u00a0Nord\u00a0Stream 2 project is a joint venture of Gazprom and five European companies:\u00a0France’s ENGIE,\u00a0Austria’s OMV, British-Dutch Royal Dutch Shell, and\u00a0Germany’s Uniper and Wintershall. The 745-mile-long pipeline is set to run\u00a0from\u00a0Russia\u00a0to\u00a0Germany\u00a0to deliver\u00a0Russian\u00a0gas\u00a0to European consumers.The pipeline project has been welcomed by some countries in\u00a0Europe\u00a0and opposed by others who raise concerns over the alleged danger of\u00a0Europe’s dependence on\u00a0Russia\u00a0and subsequent diminished transit role of\u00a0Ukraine.\u00a0Moscow\u00a0has repeatedly reiterated that the pipeline is a purely commercial project.https:\/\/www.urdupoint.com\/en\/amp\/world\/nord-stream-2-to-be-implemented-even-with-ame-586932.html?__twitter_impression=true<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News \/ Sputnik – 05th April, 2019) The\u00a0Nord\u00a0Stream 2\u00a0gas\u00a0pipeline project will be implemented even with the introduction of amendments to the EU\u00a0Gas\u00a0Directive,\u00a0Russian\u00a0Energy Minister Alexander Novak told reporters Friday.On Thursday, the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3016,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[46,48,57,90,96,107,113,137,139,160,174,183,184,201,202,209,230,232,233,244,246,249,256,267,277,279,288],"class_list":["post-2998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-aramco","tag-athens","tag-baroudi","tag-democracy","tag-doha","tag-embargo","tag-energy-peace","tag-gas","tag-gazprom","tag-international-maritime-disputes","tag-lebanon","tag-maritime-boundaries-east-mediterranean","tag-maritime-disputes","tag-offshore","tag-oil","tag-opec","tag-poverty-alleviation","tag-putin","tag-qatar","tag-rosneft","tag-roudi","tag-russia","tag-saudi","tag-straddling-hydrocarbons-reserves","tag-total","tag-trump","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}