
German chancellor insists NATO response will be unified if Russia invades Ukraine despite disconnect on gas pipeline
CNN
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz insisted to CNN that the United States and Germany are on the same page when it comes to Russia and Ukraine, even as he refused to discuss the Nord Stream 2 pipeline between Russia and Germany.
Scholz declined to address the pipeline in an exclusive interview Monday with CNN's Jake Tapper, but said that NATO's response to a potential Russian invasion would be unified.
"All the steps we will take we will do together," Scholz said when asked by Tapper why he wouldn't address the pipeline. "As the President said, we are preparing for that. You can understand and you can be absolutely sure that Germany will be together with all its allies and especially the United States, that we take the same steps. There will be no differences in that situation."