China thinks objective investigation of Nord Stream blasts vital

BEIJING, Feb 16 (PRIME) -- An objective and professional investigation of the blasts that ripped through the Nord Stream gas pipelines is vital, Wang Wenbin, spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, said in a briefing on Thursday.

U.S. journalist Seymour Hersh said in his blog on the Substack platform last week that the order to blow up the Nord Stream pipelines was given by CIA head William Burns. The U.S. denied it.

“It is of utmost importance to conduct an objective, unbiased, and professional investigation of this incident with blasts and to bring (the culpable parties) to justice,” Wang Wenbin said.

The pipelines are an important part of transnational infrastructure, and the blasts had a serious negative impact on the global energy market and the environment. It also caused concern in the international community about security of transnational infrastructure in big countries, he said.

After Hersh published his investigation, the Western mass media, which always stood for freedom, professionalism, and impartiality, went into collective aphasia, he added.

In September 2022, blasts ripped through the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 pipelines in the Swedish and Danish waters leaving only one functioning pipeline out of the four for Russian gas exports.

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