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US Reportedly Ramping Up Pressure on European Contractors to Stop Nord Stream 2

© REUTERS / Axel SchmidtThe Russian pipe-laying vessel Akademik Cherskiy, which may be used to complete the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, lies in the port of Mukran, Germany, July 7, 2020
The Russian pipe-laying vessel Akademik Cherskiy, which may be used to complete the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, lies in the port of Mukran, Germany, July 7, 2020 - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The United States has stepped up pressure on European contractors in order to make them abandon the Russian-led Nord Stream 2 pipeline project, Die Welt reported, citing informed sources.

US officials have conducted one-on-one video conferences with European contractors to "point out far-reaching consequences" of their continued participation in the project, the German newspaper reported on Saturday.

The sources say that up to 12 representatives from the Departments of State, Treasury, and Energy took part in the talks. The US officials "in a friendly tone have made it very clear that they want to prevent completion of the gas pipeline’s construction".

"I believe that the threats are very, very serious", one of Die Welt's sources said.

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The news comes after the US Senate on Thursday passed its version of the defence spending bill for the fiscal year 2021, which includes pipeline sanctions.

In December, Nord Stream 2 sanctions, as part of the US’ 2020 National Defence Authorisation Act, forced Swiss pipelay company Allseas to quit the project with just 100 miles of the pipeline left to put down. Russia is now finishing the pipeline on its own.

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