A possible outage of natural gas supplies to the European Union should be addressed collectively. This was reported by Qatari Energy Minister Saad Sherid Al-Kaabi.
Qatar is said to be unable to make up for a possible supply of natural gas to the European Union, which could theoretically occur if tensions between Ukraine and Russia escalate into an open war. Qatari Energy Minister Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi said this on Tuesday after talks with energy commissioner Kadri Simson.
“We are not able to handle this on our own without disrupting supplies to other regions of the world,” he added. According to him, it is necessary that the energy security of the European Union be ensured collectively with the participation of several countries. At the same time, Kaabi expressed the hope that tensions in Eastern Europe would be resolved through diplomacy.
Qatar is one of the world’s largest exporters of natural gas and a key player in this market in the Middle East region. He is also an important ally of the United States and the European Union. It is Qatar, the USA and the European Union that are negotiating possible gas supplies to Europe in the event of war in Ukraine.
