Russian Presidential Press Secretary Peskov said on October 5 local time that although relevant countries claim to rule out cooperation with Russia, the Russian side believes that Russia must participate in the investigation into the damage to the "North Stream" pipeline.
Peskov said on the same day that Russia expressed shocked the statement that Denmark and Swedish excluded Russia from the "Northern Stream" natural gas pipeline leakage incident. Russia must participate in the inspection of the scene of the incident and the investigation of the incident itself.
On October 5th local time, Swedish Prime Minister Anderson, Foreign Minister Linde and Defense Minister Hultquist held a press conference on the "North Stream" pipeline leakage.
Andersson said that the "North Stream" pipeline leakage problem is related to Europe's energy supply and is very important for EU and will be proposed and discussed on European Council .
Linde said it was not clear who was behind the scenes, and "the explosion must be viewed in accordance with the deteriorating security situation in Europe. We have every reason to believe it is deliberate destruction."
Hultquist stressed that the leaks in the Swedish and Denmark economic zones do not constitute a direct military threat to Sweden, but the Swedish and Danish armed forces are already working closely together.
Swedish Defense Minister Hultquist said on the 5th that the preliminary investigation of the "North Stream" natural gas pipeline leakage incident currently carried out was conducted within the framework of Swedish regulations and was strictly confidential, and it was inappropriate to allow other participants to participate in the preliminary investigation.
Swedish Coast Guard spokesman Matthias Lindholm said on the 5th that according to the decision of the Swedish prosecutor, the blockade area is regarded as Swedish territory. If anyone enters a blockade area on the Nord Stream pipeline, the Swedish Coast Guard has the right to intervene.
Russia believes that the "North Stream" natural gas pipeline leakage may be a national-level terrorist attack and requires the cooperation of multiple countries to conduct investigations. The Procuratorate of the Russian Federation has filed a case against the crime of international terrorism.
Under international rules, the operator of the "North Stream" project may need to submit a new application to the Swedish government for overhaul and replacement of damaged pipelines located in the Swedish Economic Zone. Gazprom wrote on its website that the leak is currently unavailable as it has not yet obtained the necessary permissions from Sweden and Denmark.
htmlOn September 26, Russia's two major pipelines that transport natural gas to Europe, "North Stream-1" and "North Stream-2", leaked, and the four leak points were located near Sweden and Denmark respectively. According to Swedish media reports, the Swedish surveying station detected two strong underwater explosions in the waters where the leak occurred in the "North Stream-1" and "North Stream-2" natural gas pipelines on September 26.(Editor: Liu Yusi)
