The Naftogaz of Ukraine national energy company's Board Chairman Andrii Kobolev has said that construction of Russia's Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline may begin very soon.
Kobolev was speaking at a roundtable in the parliament, the Ukrainian News Agency reports.
According to him, the pipes for this project have already been ordered, and the project is considered promising in terms of its implementation.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, Poland has expressed opposition to construction of the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline.
The European Commission approved a proposal to extend the requirements of its Third Gas Directive 2009/73 (the Directive 2009/73/EC on common rules for the internal market of natural gas) to all gas pipelines from third countries, including Russia's proposed Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline, in November.
The European Commission decided to include maritime segments of pipelines on the list of objects regulated by these rules.
Previously, they applied only to land routes.
The European Commission is insisting that the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline project cannot be implemented in a legal vacuum or only in accordance with the laws of a third country.
If the gas pipeline is to be built, it will need a legal framework that takes the key principles of the rules of the European Union's energy market into account.
In addition, according to the relevant decision, the European Union continues to support transit of Russian gas through Ukraine.
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