Iran Press/America: "Given that Putin has been forced to show that his intention was never to return Nordstream 1 to full operation and that the pipeline itself has been rendered inoperable, the Government of Canada has decided to revoke the time-limited sanctions waiver that was granted to allow turbines being repaired at the Siemens facility in Montreal to be returned to Germany," Melanie Joly said in a statement via Twitter on Wednesday.
Joly issued the statement together with Canada's Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson.
The two officials said the decision was taken in close collaboration with Ukraine, Germany, and their European allies.
The decision on Wednesday comes three months after explosions, which Swedish investigators said were the result of "gross sabotage," rendered the pipeline carrying natural gas beneath the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany inoperable.
The pipeline is owned by Gazprom, but Siemens Canada had a contract to maintain turbines for the pipeline at its Montreal facility.
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