Norway joins the suspicions about acts of sabotage against the Nord Stream gas pipeline

MADRID, 27 Sep. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Terje Aasland, has joined the suspicions of other European countries and has pointed out the possibility that the leaks registered in the Nord Stream gas pipeline are the result of "acts of sabotage".

"The Norwegian government is following the events in the Baltic Sea, where there are gas leaks in the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2. According to the information we have seen so far, a lot indicates acts of sabotage," said Aasland, collects the Executive in a statement.

With these statements, Norway joins the suspicions recognized by Denmark, Poland or the United States that the leaks in the gas pipeline are the result of acts of sabotage. Swedish seismologists have gone further and confirmed explosions in the area hours before the leaks were confirmed.

The operator of the Nord Stream, Nord Stream AG, has indicated during the day on Tuesday that the damage suffered by three of the pipes late on Monday "is unprecedented", after a gas leak in one of the sections of the Nord Stream 2 and a loss of pressure in Nord Stream 1, without the causes being known for now.

During the afternoon of Monday, the Danish authorities detected a gas leak in one of the sections of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline on the Danish island of Bornholm. Hours later, the Nord Stream 1 submarine gas pipeline detected a drop in the pressure of the gas from Russia sent to Germany and that affects the two lines of the pipeline.