The U.S. says Nord Stream 2 will allow the Kremlin to use energy as a "political tool."
The United States saw the Russian Nord Stream 2 gas link as "undermining Europe's overall energy stability and security."
Speaking to reporters after a meeting with Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in Warsaw on Saturday, January 27, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Europe should seek to diversify energy supplies, Bloomberg reported.
Tillerson said the expansion of Russia's gas pipeline to Germany under the Baltic Sea, which bypasses a number of east European nations, will allow the Kremlin to use energy as a "political tool."
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"It's not a helpful piece of infrastructure to support stability in Europe," Tillerson said. "We will continue to take steps as we can."