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Sept 30 (Reuters) – Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations told the Security Council on Friday that the United States has much to gain in gas trade due to damage to the Nord Stream pipeline system under the Baltic Sea, but stopped short of blaming Washington for this week of explosions.

A council meeting called at Russia’s request addressed leaks discovered on Tuesday at the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines, which Russian-controlled Gazprom ( GAZP.MM ) and its European partners spent billions of dollars on.

A main question about the blasts was whether the United States could profit from the destruction of the pipelines, Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said. “The answer is without a doubt.”

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Russia, which has cut gas supplies to Europe in response to the sanctions, has also said sabotage was a possibility and said accusations by some that it had done the damage were “stupid”. See the article : United States Publishes Report on Food Security Actions to Respond to Global Food Insecurity – US Department of State.

The leaks have raised concerns about the security of other energy systems in Europe and investigations into who was to blame.

US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg discussed critical infrastructure protection on Friday “in the wake of the apparent sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea,” the White House said.

Analysts say it is possible that the damage was done by devices available on the commercial market, but that given the scale and precision, it was more likely to have been carried out by an actor with access to more sophisticated technology.

The size of the explosions probably corresponded to an explosive load of several hundred kilos, the permanent missions of Denmark and Sweden to the United Nations state in a letter dated Thursday to the French UN mission, which holds the presidency of the 15-member council in September. .

The explosions also pose a risk to the climate. The pipeline leak may mark the largest single release of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, on record, the United Nations Environment Program said.

Sergei Kupriyanov, a Gazprom spokesman, told the council meeting that 800 million cubic meters of natural gas had escaped. The amount of escaped gas was equivalent to three months’ supply for Denmark, he said.

The Nord Stream 1 pipeline, once the main route for Russian gas to Germany, was already closed but now cannot be easily reopened. The new Nord Stream 2 pipeline had not yet entered commercial operation.

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Reporting by Timothy Gardner and Simon Lewis; editing by Grant McCool

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