Ambassador Zhang Jun speaks at the UN Security Council Briefing on the Nord Stream issue in New York, U.S., February 21, 2023. /The Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations
China on Tuesday expressed support for speeding up an objective, impartial and professional investigation into the Nord Stream gas pipelines sabotage, and called for early release of the findings and pursuing accountability as soon as possible.
"Any deliberate sabotage of transboundary infrastructure is a malicious act. Failure to find out why it happened and who is behind the destruction will send a wrong signal to those with ill intentions and make them believe that they can get away with whatever they do," China's permanent representative to the United Nations, Zhang Jun, told a UN Security Council briefing on the issue.
Zhang noted that China welcomes the draft resolution tabled by Russia in the Council, and believes that it is of great significance to authorize an international investigation into the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines.
