China wants the assailants of Nord Stream 2 "brought to justice."

The Chinese Foreign Ministry has accused Washington of "double standards" over its stance on investigating the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines, as it condemned America's failure to support a UN-led investigation into the incident. China, Russia, and Brazil backed the draft resolution for an international Nord Stream investigation in a UN Security Council vote on Monday, although 12 other members abstained. The US claimed the proposal was intended to undermine the national investigations being run by Germany, Denmark, and Sweden. China's deputy representative to the UN, Geng Shuang, argued that there was no obstacle to holding an international investigation in parallel with national ones, and that the trio of European nations had already had six months to conduct their probes. Beijing expects them to increase their sense of urgency, report the progress of the investigations to the Security Council in a timely and regular manner, and find out and announce the results of the investigations as soon as possible. Veteran investigative journalist Seymour Hersh claimed last month that the attack was ordered by US President Joe Biden and was conducted jointly by America and Norway.