America Moves To Sanction Gas Pipeline Project Between Russia and Turkey
Donald Trump has finally signed the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), something that has become a great worry to Turkey. Turkey is now worried about the future of its gas pipeline project with RussiaIt is believed that the move will affect the nearly finished Nord Stream 2, which runs from Russia to Germany, and TurkStream, a Russian pipeline that traverses the Black Sea to Turkey. The act was passed as The US House of Representatives and Senate Arms Services Committee could come to a consensus on December 10. It had a purposeful clause of sanctioning Russia. According to this new act, the US now gets to decide how it uses its military resources regionally and its relations with other countries. So, as a part of the new NDAA, its first step is to impose sanctions related to Russia’s Nord Stream 2 and TurkStream pipelines and also bar military-to-military cooperation with Russia. The result has been that the Swiss-Dutch company Allseas has promptly ann...