Austria supports the construction of the pipeline " Nord stream - 2 ". About it in interview to the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Friday edition) said the head of the Ministry of economy Margaret Sambok, extracts of the material results in the online edition Hasepost. "We support this Project (" Nord stream - 2 ".- approx. Ed.) to ensure long-term energy supply of Europe, " said Sambok. in her expressions, Austria also supports other channels of transportation of " blue fuel ", including the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States." But not instead of the " Nord stream - 2 ", and in addition (to it.- approx. Ed.) "- said the head of the Ministry. The project "Northern stream - 2" involves the construction of 2 pipelines with a total capacity of 55 billion cubic meters of gas per year from the Russian coast via the Baltic sea to Germany. The new pipeline is expected to build very close with the existing " Northern stream ". Construction completion is scheduled for late 2019. Against the implementation of the project are Ukraine, fearing to lose revenues from gas transit from Russia, the US, is actively promoting the EU's own liquefied natural gas, as well as certain other countries. Angela Merkel has repeatedly stated that Berlin is considering the construction of pipeline as a commercial Project. It was also supported by Austria and Norway. <span style="color:darkgray