Germany on Monday restated its commitment to phasing out coal as a power source by 2030 even as it grapples with a reduction in natural gas flows through a key European pipeline by Russia.

Last week, Russia's Gazprom announced a reduction in deliveries through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Germany.

The latest reduction brought the overall reduction through the undersea pipeline to 60 percent.
"It is more important than ever that it happens in 2030, that is our view," a spokesman for the Economy ministry, Stephan Gabriel Haufe, told journalists in the capital Berlin.

According to Haufe, Germany's exit strategy in 2030 "isn't wobbling at all".

The Economy Minister Robert Habeck said the country will attempt to make up for the move by allowing increased burning of coal.

Habeck said the decision was a "bitter" one but "simply necessary" to lower gas usage.

(With input from agencies)