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European Leaders Call On NATO To Protect Pipelines And Communication Cables

  • European leaders are calling on NATO to protect underwater infrastructure with a special coordination structure.
  • The leaders cited the recent attacks on the Nord Stream pipelines as an example of how high the risks are in the area.
  • “Pipelines, telephone and internet cables are vital communications for our states; their safety should be given top priority,” German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Haar Støre have called on NATO to protect underwater pipelines and communication cables by creating a special coordination structure, according to Deutsche Welle.

“Pipelines, telephone and internet cables are vital communications for our states; their safety should be given top priority,” Scholz said following his meeting with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre on the eve of the Berlin Security Conference.

He added that the recent attacks on the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 pipelines have shown how high the risks are in this area.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed the initiative.

“We have increased security measures in the wake of the recent Nord Stream sabotage, and it is vital that we do even more to ensure that our maritime infrastructure is protected against future attacks,” Stoltenberg said.

Norway’s prime minister also said his country would direct some of its gas export revenues to help Ukraine and other countries affected by the global energy crisis. The rise in energy prices caused by the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine has brought additional profits to Norway.

Scholz thanked Norway for the 10 percent increase in gas deliveries to Germany, as Berlin tries to make up for reduced deliveries from Russia. Scholz also said his country would continue to be a leader in defending Europe and European freedoms.

“No aggressor should doubt that we have a firm intention to defend every one of our allies and every inch of alliance territory with all the forces at our disposal,” said the German chancellor.

Meanwhile, German Justice Minister Marco Buschmann confessed that Germany may have contributed to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine because it supported the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.

“Knowing what we know today, the decision to proceed with Nord Stream 2 after the annexation of Crimea in 2014 was Germany’s contribution to the outbreak of war in Ukraine,” Buschmann said in a welcome address to a meeting of G7 justice ministers in Berlin.

He added that it was Germany’s duty to “confront this truth directly” and “draw the right conclusions” from it.

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  • Mamdouh Salameh on December 05 2022 said:
    What a travesty of justice? European leaders are calling on NATO to protect pipeline and communication cables when circumstantial evidence indicates that a member of NATO was the culprit behind the sabotage of both Russian Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines.

    Dr Mamdouh G Salameh#
    International Oil Economist
    Global Energy Expert

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