Germany has rejected a plan attributed to Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin to reopen the Nord Stream pipelines with American involvement, according to ABC España.
Senior Russian and US officials have held talks aimed at bringing a US investor into the Nord Stream conduits, which delivered gas to Germany until Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Among those taking part was Jared Kushner, the US special envoy and Trump's son-in-law, ABC reported.
Kirill Dmitriev, a close adviser to the Russian president, is also said to have joined the discussions, which ABC said were first reported by Reuters and would shape future energy dependence.
Nord Stream is owned 51% by Russian state gas company Gazprom alongside several Western European firms. The pipelines were hit by explosive sabotage in September 2022, an attack that has not yet been resolved and that has cut off those supplies.