The Danish Energy Agency’s (DEA’s) decision to ask the developer of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline to consider a third route for its Danish section will give Kiev a stronger negotiating position during talks on the renewal of the Russia-Ukraine gas transit contract beyond 2019.
On Thursday, the DEA asked Nord Stream 2 AG to file a permit application for a new route outside of Danish territorial waters to the southeast of the Danish island of Bornholm.
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