While imports of liquefied natural gas to the European Union and the UK are increasing in January, none of the natural gas is ending up in Germany because there is no LNG infrastructure even amid various plans spanning almost 10 years.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that he explained to his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock that demands on Russian troop operations on the country’s own territory were unacceptable while Baerbock warned Moscow against weaponizing energy, including the Nord Stream II natural gas pipeline.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock will meet on Tuesday, January 18, with her Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov where the delayed Nord Stream II project to provide more Gazprom natural gas supplies to Germany will be top of the agenda and any decisions will affect future LNG and pipeline gas demand in the European Union for 2022.