Sweden Opts Out of Joint Probe Into Nord Stream Leaks, Declines to Share Findings, Citing National Security

Sweden Opts Out of Joint Probe Into Nord Stream Leaks, Declines to Share Findings, Citing National Security
Gas emanating from a leak on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea on Sept. 27, 2022. Swedish Coast Guard via Getty Images
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Sweden has opted out of a proposal to set up a formal joint investigation team with Denmark and Germany to investigate the recent leaks of the Russian-owned pipelines Nord Stream 1 and 2.

Mats Ljungqvist, the Swedish prosecutor involved in the country’s criminal investigation of the leaks in the Swedish economic zone, told Reuters that the country wouldn’t join a joint investigative team from the judicial cooperation agency Eurojust.

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