Highlights Gas pipeline project ‘not business driven,’ says former ambassador Petition submitted to German parliament calling to halt project The German national security adviser Jan Hecker will meet his US counterpart Jake Sullivan to discuss the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project during the first week of June, the former Hungarian ambassador to the US, Andras Simonyi, told S&P Global Platts June 1 via email. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now Simonyi had signed a petition calling for a moratorium on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project. The petition, submitted to the German parliament May 31, was signed by several other former ambassadors and includes Vladimir Milov, the former Russian deputy minister of energy. “The signatories have been [saying] for years that the Nord Stream 2 project is not business driven, [but is rather] a geopolitical project in favor of Russian political interest. […]