Yesterday, the Biden administration tried to put an end to the Nord Stream 2 controversy. Did it? I doubt it. This appears to be itsa defining foreign policy mistake unless it changes it, as I still hope it will. Everything was wrong.
2. The essence of the German-US joint statement is that the US stopped its opposition to NS2, overruling two US sanctions laws, without getting anything in return, allowing itself to be defeated by Putin, Schröder & Warnig. Is this the US?!
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3. By not inviting the main parties concerned, Ukraine, Poland, the Baltic states, the US & Germany alienated them, notably Ukraine.
4. It appears that the discussion was limited to energy security, so that Putin's aggressive July 12 article, which looked like an ultimatum to Ukraine, was not even part of the discussion.
5. The statement does not acknowledge that Gazprom right now is minimizing its gas deliveries to Europe to minimize EU reserves for the winter. Everything suggests that Gazprom is preparing another bug cut in January & the US & Germany just ignore it.
6. With regard to Nord Stream 1 & 2, Germany has done whatever it can to undermine the EU third energy package of free gas trade. The statement hypocritically claims German compliance with it but "under German jurisdiction," not EU rules.
7. The only actual substance of credibility in the joint statement is that Germany will appoint a special envoy for Ukraine. Why would the US engage in such a tiny issue? The funds mentioned are peanuts requiring no bilateral statement.
8. This unwarranted Biden administration gift to Putin endangers Ukraine's national security. It leads to serious questions about the competence of the Biden administration in foreign policy. Why give up a major foreign policy goal & divide allies for nothing? Fix this!
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