ARKHANGELSK, March 30. /TASS/. European countries are interested in participation in Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline project, Presidential Envoy for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport Sergey Ivanov said Thursday, adding that Russia is ready for cooperation.

"It has been said hundreds of times that Nord Stream 2 project has nothing to do with the politics, only business. If certain European companies take interest, and they do take interest in the project, we’re ready to start a joint construction of a line of Nord Stream," he said.