Sweden will not share the results of the Nord Stream pipeline explosion investigation results with Russia.
QUICK FACTS:
- Sweden will not share the results with Russia of the investigation following the recent blasts that damaged the Nord Stream pipeline, Reuters reported.
- Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson told reporters that Sweden’s investigations are confidential and that Russia is free to conduct its own investigation into the ordeal.
- “The Swedish economic zone is not a territory that Sweden disposes of. We have lifted the cordons now and then it is also possible for other ships to stay in the area, that is how the rules work,” she said.
SWEDISH PRIME MINISTER ON NOT SHARING THEIR FINDINGS WITH RUSSIA:
“In Sweden, our preliminary investigations are confidential, and that, of course, also applies in this case,” Andersson said.
BACKGROUND:
- Last week, Swedish authorities said they found evidence of detonations at the site of the Nord Stream I and II gas pipeline damage. The evidence supported suspicions that the blasts were deliberate.
- The Swedish Security Service said in a statement that there was “extensive damage” to the pipelines, according to the Washington Examiner. “After completing the crime scene investigation, the Swedish Security Service can conclude that there have been detonations at Nord Stream 1 and 2 in the Swedish economic zone,” the statement said.
- The European Union has said that the Nord Stream damage was the result of sabotage but has not commented on a potential culprit, pending further investigation. Leaders said last week that deliberate sabotage would elicit a “robust and united response,” the Washington Examiner noted.
