Washington and Kiev have discussed the

the head of the Ukrainian Ministry of foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba and Deputy Secretary of state for political Affairs David Gale during a telephone conversation discussed the energy security of Europe in the context of the project “North stream 2”.

in addition, officials talked about cooperation between the US and Ukraine in the security sphere, the Normandy format and Minsk agreement. Kuleba thanked for support of the decision on granting Ukraine the status of a member of the advanced capabilities of NATO.

Earlier, Russian Deputy foreign Minister Vladimir Titov said that the gas pipeline “Nord stream-2” will be put into operation, despite attempts by enemies to disrupt the implementation of the project. The new pipeline Russia is interested in many other European States, primarily Germany. According to all forecasts, the demand for Russian energy in the EU will continue to rise, the diplomat said.