WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden said that a joint gas pipeline project between Germany and Russia will not proceed if Russia invades Ukraine, but stopped short of detailing how it will be accomplished if Germany had misgivings about the decision as a deterrent to Moscow.

With German Chancellor Olaf Scholz by his side, Biden said at a White House press conference on Monday that if Russian tanks and troops cross the border into Ukraine, "there will be no longer Nord Stream 2," referring to the now-completed pipeline that bypasses Ukraine and supplies natural gas from Russia to Germany.

"We'll put an end to it," the President stated of the pipeline, which is still under construction.

When asked how the US will block gas from flowing through the pipeline because it is under German control, Biden said only that he can "guarantee" that Washington will be able to do so.

Scholz, for one, avoided directly referencing Nord Stream 2, despite the fact that the pipeline appeared to be one of the most pressing concerns among reporters during the news conference.

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