Rubio denied Politico's information about the White House's plans to lift sanctions against SP-2

The statement of the Politico newspaper about the White House administration's negotiations on lifting sanctions from the Russian Nord Stream 2 (SP-2) gas pipeline is false. This was announced on April 23 by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

"This is definitely wrong. Neither Steve Witkoff nor I have conducted any negotiations on lifting sanctions against Russia as part of the deal with Ukraine," the Secretary of State said in a message on the social network X (ex. Twitter).

He added that if the newspaper has "even a drop of honesty," then it should withdraw the statement made.

The Politico newspaper reported on the same day that the White House is considering the possibility of lifting sanctions on the Russian Nord Stream 2 (SP–2) gas pipeline and possibly some other assets of the Russian Federation as part of the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict, the source added.Газете.ги ".