U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that Washington disagrees with Germany on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, calling it a threat to Europe’s energy security, while adding that both countries agreed to ensure that Russia cannot use energy as a coercive tool against Ukraine or other states.
Blinken met with his German counterpart Heiko Maas in Berlin on June 23 and discussed U.S.–German relations, although there was no sign of progress in talks to overcome the impasse over the pipeline. And neither Blinken nor Maas could offer a timetable for a possible resolution.
