Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen does not rule out that the damage to Nord Stream could have been the result of sabotage, EUobserver reported on Tuesday.
"It is difficult to imagine that this is a coincidence. We cannot rule out sabotage, but it is too early to draw conclusions," Frederiksen said in Poland, where she was present at the opening of a pipeline that will connect the Norwegian gas network to Poland.
For his part, the Deputy Head of the Polish Foreign Ministry, Marcin Pshidach, said that Warsaw also does not rule out a scenario with sabotage, but will not make final conclusions until it receives the necessary information from Denmark.
"We are waiting to receive complete information," EFE quoted him as saying.
At the same time, speaking about what happened, Pshidach noted that "any options cannot be ruled out - we are going through a period of serious tension on the world stage."
EFE notes that some mass media in Germany, citing sources in the German security services, say that in Berlin they are inclined to the fact that a sabotage could have taken place on the gas pipeline.
We will remind you that on the night of September 26, a leak occurred on one of the threads of the "North Stream 2" main line. It happened in the Danish EEZ southeast of Bornholm. Also, gas leaks were recorded from both strands of the first "Nord stream" - in the EEZ of Denmark to the northeast of the island of Bornholm.
5-mile no-navigation zones have been established around the leak areas.