Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen arrives in Brussels, Belgium on October 2, 2020 for the second day of the European Union special summit. The Danish government considers the Nord Stream gas pipeline leaks deliberate actions, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Tuesday in Copenhagen.
There is a clear assessment by authorities that these are deliberate actions. Frederiksen told journalists that it was not an accident.
The gas pipes are buried at a depth of 70 to 90 meters and consist of over 12 centimeter thick layers of steel and concrete. The nature of the leaks indicates that there are so large holes that it can't have happened by accident. Minister for climate, energy, and utilities in Denmark, Dan Jorgensen, said he was a minister for Denmark's climate, energy, and utilities.
On Monday, Danish and Swedish officials said leaks had been identified in two natural gas pipelines - Nord Stream 1 and its twin, Nord Stream 2 - under the Baltic Sea off the coast of Denmark's Bornholm Island, near exclusive economic zones of Denmark and Sweden.
Frederiksen said two explosions had been registered but she refused to speculate as to who might be responsible.
The minister for climate, energy and utilities, Dan Jorgensen, said that the gas pipes are at a depth of 70 to 90 meters and consist of over 12 centimeter thick layers of steel and concrete. The nature of the leaks indicates that there are so large holes that it can't have happened by accident. He said that the leaks are not expected to cause supply security issues in the short term.
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The photo taken on Sept 14, 2022 shows the facilities of the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline in Lubmin, Germany. Defense Minister Morten Bodskov, referring to Denmark's foreign intelligence service, said it did not see an increased military threat against Denmark after the leaks.
Defense Minister Morten Bodskov said that the defense intelligence service does not consider that there is an increased military threat to Denmark.
He added that no advance warnings had been received, but there had been an increase in tensions around the Baltic Sea.
This is a serious matter. He said that the defense is increasing its presence around Bornholm.
Bodskov has a meeting on Wednesday morning dedicated to the Nord Stream pipelines with Jens Stoltenberg, secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.