Canada renews sanctions against repair of Nord Stream turbines

MADRID, 15 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Government of Canada has indicated this Wednesday that it will revoke an exemption from sanctions that allowed the Nord Stream 1 turbines to be repaired in Montreal.

Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson have announced the decision, criticizing the position of Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom they blame for never wanting the Nordstream to return to its full potential. operability".

"Given that Putin has been forced to show that his intent was never to return Nordstream 1 to full operation, and that the pipeline itself has been rendered inoperable, the Government of Canada has decided to revoke the limited-time sanctions waiver that was granted. to allow turbines that were being repaired at Siemens' Montreal facility to be returned to Germany," read a joint statement.

Canadian authorities have criticized that Moscow "sought to sow this division (in the West) by claiming that a turbine was needed for repair", while trying to blame Canada for the reduction in natural gas exports.

"This summer, the Russian regime and its propaganda arm attempted to exploit the instability they had created with their illegal invasion of Ukraine to justify further destabilization of European energy security," Joly and Wilkinson have charged.

"By doing so, President Putin hoped to sow division between the allies, who had shown and continue to show unprecedented unity in support of Ukraine," they added.