US Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland is dissuading US senators from adopting sanctions against the Russian export gas pipeline Nord Stream 2. Politico correspondent Andrew Desiderio writes about this in his Twitter.
State Dept officials Victoria Nuland and Amos Hochstein are briefing a group of Dem senators right now outlining the administration’s opposition to Ted Cruz’s Nord Stream 2 sanctions bill, which will get a vote this week.
Needs 60 votes. Admin trying to lock up Dems against it.
— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) January 10, 2022
As the journalist emphasizes, both Nuland and senior adviser on global energy security in the State Department Amos Hochstein, who spoke at a briefing for Democratic senators, express the position of the US presidential administration.
Another bill directed against “SP-2”, proposed by a prominent figure of the “sanctions front” Tom Cruise, is to be considered by the Senate this week, before January 14. This initiative pleased the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who called on “friends in the Senate” to vote “for” the new restrictions. At the same time, the prospects of the bill remain controversial both because of the “competition” with bills of similar content, and because of the unwillingness of the Joe Biden administration to complicate relations with allies, primarily with the FRG.
Source: Rosbalt
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