{"id":3982,"date":"2021-08-11T07:23:19","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T07:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mediateka.online\/learnrussian\/u-s-appoints-energy-adviser-to-implement-nord-stream-2-agreement.html"},"modified":"2021-08-11T07:23:19","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T07:23:20","slug":"u-s-appoints-energy-adviser-to-implement-nord-stream-2-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mediateka.online\/learnrussian\/u-s-appoints-energy-adviser-to-implement-nord-stream-2-agreement.html","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Appoints Energy Adviser To Implement Nord Stream 2 Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has appointed former diplomat Amos Hochstein as senior adviser on energy security with a focus on measures to \u201creduce the risks\u201d posed by the German-Russian Nord Stream 2 pipeline and support energy security in Eastern Europe.<\/p>\n

The appointment demonstrates Washington\u2019s resolve to \u201cpush back against the Kremlin\u2019s use of energy as a geopolitical weapon\u201d and foster a secure and sustainable energy future for Ukraine, NATO members, and the European Union, Blinken said in a statement on August 10.<\/p>\n

Germany and the United States reached an agreement on Nord Stream 2 in July, ending years of bickering between the allies over the nearly complete pipeline that will bring Russian natural gas to Germany under the Baltic Sea.<\/p>\n

Berlin and Washington jointly pledged support for Ukraine, which will potentially be deprived of gas-transit fees when the pipeline is complete. They also committed to confronting Russia if it uses energy to apply political pressure.<\/p>\n

Germany is also to appoint a special envoy to negotiate a 10-year extension of Russia’s current transit agreement with Ukraine, which expires at the end of 2024.<\/p>\n

Hochstein is a businessman and former lobbyist who was a special envoy for international energy affairs during the Obama administration.<\/p>\n

In 2020, he stepped down from the supervisory board of Ukraine\u2019s state-owned gas company Naftogaz amid concerns about a slowdown in reform and creeping corruption.<\/p>\n