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President Joe Biden has authorized the United States to impose sanctions on the Russian Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline project in retaliation for Moscow's military pressure against Ukraine, State Department spokesperson Ned Price says at a briefing. "We have now taken complementary actions, using our own authorities to ensure that Nord Stream 2 is off the table, just as we said it would be," Price says. SOUNDBITE
The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba deliver remarks after a NATO foreign ministers meeting. IMAGES
Antony Blinken, U.S. Secretary of State, meets Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary General, ahead of a NATO foreign ministers meeting, in the context of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. IMAGES
The United States is confident Germany will not open the Nord Stream 2 pipeline with Russia if Moscow invades Ukraine, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland says at a State Department briefing. "If Russia invades Ukraine, one way or another, Nord Stream 2 will not move forward," Nuland, the State Department's number three official, tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
The US Deputy Secretary of State, Wendy Sherman, says NATO allies 'will not slam the door shut on NATO's open door policy' following Russia-NATO meeting in Brussels. Sherman insisted NATO is 'solely' a defensive alliance and that has never expanded through 'force or coercion or subversion'. SOUNDBITE
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo vows punishment over Russia's Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to Germany, unveiling new guidelines to impose sanctions over the project. SOUNDBITE
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