Published February 06,2022
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The US government is once again threatening Russia with the shutdown of the German-Russian Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in the event of an invasion of Ukraine.
"If Russia invades Ukraine, one way or another Nord Stream 2 will not move forward and Russia understands that we [have] co-ordinated with our allies," US President Joe Biden's National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told broadcaster NBC on Sunday.
Asked if German Chancellor Olaf Scholz would publicly pledge such a measure during his inaugural visit to Washington on Monday, Sullivan said: "I'll let the German chancellor speak for himself."
Doubts over the trans-Atlantic alliance have emerged in part due to Berlin's adherence to the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project with Russia, which the US and Eastern European nations have strongly criticized.
