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Faced with Europe’s dependence on Russian fossil fuels, it is difficult to find short-term solutions, but this weekend some moves to limit Russian hydrocarbon needs were attempted.
« Today, Russian oil and gas smell of Ukrainian blood “. The shock sentence is signed Dmyro Kouleba, the Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs. He delivered it on CNN this Sunday, calling on Western companies to pull out of Russia.
But if it is difficult for many countries to do without Russian fossil fuels, some are trying to limit it as best they can. Rome, for example, is eyeing Qatar. Luigi Di Maio, the Italian Foreign Minister, announced that the Qatari authorities are committed to strengthening their energy partnership with the boot. Statement made in Doha where Luigi Di maio spent the weekend with the boss of the Italian energy supplier ENI. Earlier this week, the duo went to Algeria to negotiate more gas.
Germany has concluded an agreement on Saturday for the construction of a major LNG terminal. The first on its territory that would allow it so! to regasify liquefied natural gas transported by sea. This will not change the situation immediately: such a project can last for years. For the moment, no date of commissioning, but the promise of an implementation ” as fast as possible ».
Also to be noted, the visit of senior American officials to Venezuela. According to New York Times who reports the information, this trip to a country allied with Moscow is also linked to Washington’s presumed interest in replacing part of the oil it buys from Russia with the oil it has stopped buying in Caracas .