a key part of cyprus is alliance with support is needed to approve the deal. washington s ambassador to berlin has issued a stark warning to german companies over a controversial pipeline that would supply russian gas to germany while bypassing eastern european countries richard burr now reportedly wrote to several companies involved in the construction of the north screen to pipeline reminding them of u.s. sanctions on the russian energy sector the u.s. has long opposed the pipeline saying it undermines european security. well max and he s been following that story for us he joins me now in studio with more max there s really a lots of breakdown here first just lay out for us exactly who did the u.s. ambassador rights to and what was in the letters so u.s. ambassador richard grinnell wrote a letter to several businesses which are involved in the construction of the north stream to pipeline and among the among these companies were the german firms winter show and you know prince well a
ambassador rights to and what was in the letters so u.s. ambassador richard grinnell wrote a letter to several businesses which are involved in the construction of the north stream to pipeline and among the among these companies were the german firms winter szell and you know prison well as the dutch british shell corporation now the united states opposes the project and make clear to the companies involved that they could very likely suffer harsh consequences but let s bring up a quote from the litter that he wrote here it says i therefore request on behalf of my government that your company consider the danger this product represents to european energy security as well as the reputational costs and sanctions risks associated with our i guess the key word there is saying sions right i mean why would the us want to slap sanctions on germany over this one yet the us ambassador raised economical as well as security concerns connected to the north stream to pipeline and this pipeline is a
ambassador rights to and what was in the letters so u.s. ambassador richard green no wrote a letter to several businesses which are involved in the construction of the north stream to pipeline and among the among these companies were the german firms winter szell and you know prince well as the dutch british shell corporation now the united states opposes the project and make clear to the companies involved that they could very likely suffer harsh consequences let s bring up a quote from the litter that he wrote here it says i therefore request on behalf of my government that your company consider the danger this product represents to european energy security as well as the reputation costs and sanctions risks associated with our i guess the key word there is sanctions right i mean why would the u.s. want to slap sanctions on germany over this one. the us ambassador raised economical as well as security concerns connected to the north stream to pipeline and this pipeline is actually su