The NATO Secretary General considered this Tuesday that it is “erroneous to speculate” about the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipeline until the conclusion of the investigations and insisted on the need to reinforce European critical infrastructures.
“It is a mistake to speculate [sobre a sabotagem, em setembro do ano passado] until the ongoing investigations are concluded,” Jens Stoltenberg said at a joint press conference with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson in Stockholm.
According to this Tuesday’s edition of the American newspaper The New York Times, a report suggests that the sabotage of Nord Stream 2, a gas pipeline of more than 1,000 kilometers in length in charge of transporting gas between Russia and Germany through the Baltic Sea, would have been Made by a pro-Ukrainian organization.
The US intelligence report indicates that there is no evidence that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky or Ukrainian officials were involved in the sabotage, or that the saboteurs were acting on the orders of Kiev officials.
The Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) refused to comment on the matter, despite the insistence of journalists: “What we know is that there was an attack, a sabotage, against the critical infrastructure of Europe, but there is an ongoing investigation and inquiries.” .
Regardless of who was responsible, Stoltenberg said the sabotage “demonstrated the vulnerability of critical infrastructure” in Europe, so it is necessary to strengthen it.
The investigation by the German authorities into the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines revealed indications of links with Ukraine, although it does not rule out that it was a “false flag operation” to incriminate Kiev, various media reported on Tuesday.
German investigators managed to reconstruct how the explosion occurred and identified a boat allegedly used in the operation, rented by a company based in Poland and owned by two Ukrainian citizens, according to German media reports, on the same day that The New York Times published a report similar. . .
For the experts of the international security services, it cannot be ruled out that it could be a “false flag operation”, that is, that the perpetrator has deliberately created clues that point to the guilt of Ukraine.
The Swedish prime minister also refused to comment on the news in the American newspaper, limiting himself to responding that the investigation is underway to determine those responsible.
The meeting between Stoltenberg and Kristersson preceded the participation of the NATO secretary general in the informal meeting of defense ministers of the European Union (EU) on Wednesday.
The main topics of the meeting will be the discussion on the procurement process of 155mm artillery ammunition for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as the training mission of Ukrainian military personnel.
Since most of the EU member states are also part of the military alliance and the shipment of ammunition and military material of any kind is coordinated with NATO, Jens Stoltenberg will also participate in the meeting, who will not be able to take decisions due to his informal character. .
The 27 should also find out about the situation on the front line in Ukraine through their Ukrainian counterpart, with whom the Portuguese Defense Minister met almost two weeks ago, on the occasion of the first year of the invasion that Russia began.
Source: TSF
