Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s comment on progress in the work on the UN Security Council draft resolution submitted by Russia on investigating the act of sabotage at the Nord Stream gas pipelines

Work on the Russian draft resolution of the UN Security Council on the establishment by the UN Secretary-General of an independent international commission to investigate the circumstances of the Nord Stream gas pipeline explosions continues in New York. The Russian delegation held four rounds of negotiations trying to work out a text that would be acceptable to all Security Council members. The efforts to strike a much-needed compromise will continue given the importance of identifying the masterminds and the perpetrators of the attack.

In this context, we took note of the recently published information that during an inspection of a pipeline section located in the exclusive economic zone of Denmark that was conducted by Nord Stream AG with the authorisation of the Danish authorities, an “object” was found 30 kilometres from the site of the explosion that is not part of the Nord Stream system, but may be an element of an explosive device.

Last week, the Danish ambassador was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry and appeared to be unaware of that fact. Today, during the meeting, he noted that every measure is being taken to study the situation taking into account “the security and the economy aspects.” In fact, he spoke purely in broad terms.

The discovered item once again highlights the urgency for the Security Council to adopt a resolution on the establishment by the UN Secretary-General of a commission to shed light on the circumstances of the act of sabotage so that it does not happen again in the future.

The collective West countries’ withdrawal from the constructive work on the draft resolution, given their refusal to let Russia participate in the investigation, will serve as evidence of deliberately created obstacles to the efforts to establish the truth.