- Sputnik International
World
Get the latest news from around the world, live coverage, off-beat stories, features and analysis.

US Resolution on Cancellation of Nord Stream 2 Advances in Congress - Senator

© Photo : Nord Stream 2Nord Stream 2
Nord Stream 2 - Sputnik International
Subscribe
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - A draft resolution calling for the cancellation of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, freedom of navigation in the Black Sea and additional US security assistance to Ukraine has advanced in Congress, Senator Ron Johnson has stated.

"Pleased to have the Senate Foreign Relations Committee pass our bipartisan resolution to push back against Russian aggression in the Black Sea", Johnson said in a Twitter post.

The bill calls for an enhanced NATO presence in the Black Sea and urges the president, State Department and Defence Department to step up security assistance to Ukraine.

It also "applauds and concurs with the European Parliament’s December 12, 2018, resolution condemning Russian aggression in the Kerch Strait and the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, calling for the pipeline’s cancellation due to its threat to European energy security, and calling on the Russian Federation to guarantee freedom of navigation in the Kerch Strait", according to the text of the draft bill.

Now that the committee voted in favour of the resolution, the legislation will advance to the full Senate for a vote.

READ MORE: EU States Embracing China's Silk Road, Nord Stream 2, Defying US — Journo

Nord Stream 2 - Sputnik International
Over 568 Miles of Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Ready - Gazprom
On 25 November, Ukraine's Berdyansk and Nikopol gunboats and the Yany Kapu tugboat illegally crossed the Russian maritime border as they sailed toward the Kerch Strait, the entrance to the Sea of Azov. Russia seized the Ukrainian vessels and detained their crew members after they failed to respond to a demand to stop. After the incident, a criminal case on illegal border crossing was opened in Russia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the incident was a provocation prepared in advance as a pretext to introduce martial law. Putin said the provocation could be linked to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko's low approval ratings ahead of the presidential election.

Newsfeed
0
To participate in the discussion
log in or register
loader
Chats
Заголовок открываемого материала