LONDON—Russia said on Thursday it had summoned diplomats from Germany, Denmark, and Sweden to complain that representatives from Moscow and Gazprom had not been invited to join an investigation into ruptures of the Nord Stream gas pipelines.
“Russia will obviously not recognise the pseudo-results of such an investigation unless Russian experts are involved,” the foreign ministry said.
The cause of the ruptures in the Nord Stream pipelines, which run under the Baltic Sea, remains unclear, but European Union countries have pointed to sabotage.
The gas leak in the Baltic Sea from Nord Stream photographed from the Coast Guard’s aircraft on Sept. 27, 2022. (Swedish Coast Guard via AP)
Sweden’s Foreign Ministry said it had not received any summons on Thursday, adding in an email that diplomats in Moscow were last week given a copy of a letter to Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson, demanding Russia be part of the probe….