Germany’s Chancellor Merkel balanced her support of the Nord Stream 2 Russia-Germany gas line with the support of Ukraine’s continued role as a gas transit country to Europe

Germany’s Chancellor Merkel balanced her support of the Nord Stream 2 Russia-Germany gas line with the support of Ukraine’s continued role as a gas transit country to Europe. “Ukraine must remain a transit country,” she said Saturday at the Munich Security Conference. She said Europe has a geostrategic interest in the diversity of sources of energy supplies.