REUTERS
Ukraine has asked the European partners, in the framework of implementing a common energy policy, to conduct a harsh inspection of the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline construction and stop the project, which contradicts both the European and Ukrainian interests.
"Our company Naftogaz of Ukraine has the best gas transportation capabilities in Europe," Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk told the reporters following the meeting of Ukraine-EU Association Council in Brussels, according to an UNIAN correspondent.
"That is why we call our European partners to conduct a harsh inspection of the North Stream-2, and we believe that this project should be stopped because it is not in the interests of Ukraine, nor [those of} the EU," said the prime minister.
Read alsoTen EU countries say Nord Stream extension not in EU interestsHe went on to say: "It deprives not only Ukraine, Slovakia and Poland of billion worth of revenues, but also undermines a real competition on the EU energy market, while strengthening the monopoly of Russian Gazprom. We think that our European partners will conduct any projects within the Third Energy Package."