Qatar has threatened the EU with stopping the supply of liquefied natural gas

The Qatari authorities have warned Europe that they may stop exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) if The EU will change the directive on the verification of all supply chains of companies for compliance with the "Sustainable Development Goals" (CSDDD). This was stated by the Minister of Energy of this state and Chief Executive Officer of the state oil and gas company QatarEnergy Saad Sherida al-Kaabi.

"If Europe doesn't really consider how they can mitigate or cancel the CSDD, and still levies a fine of 5% of the total global turnover in the energy sector, we will not supply LNG to Europe, that's for sure," he said. in

According to him, Qatar will not be able to achieve zero emissions of hydrocarbons into the atmosphere in the near future.

Recall, in early April, the Council The EU has postponed for one year the "transposition and the first stage of application" of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), covering the largest companies. Later, French President Emmanuel Macron proposed to cancel the EU directive, saying that the EU "needs to move much faster" on the issue of simplification, and this document and a number of other regulations The EU "should not just postpone, but cancel." Nevertheless, his initiative did not find support. In October, due to the position of the EU, Qatar threatened to stop LNG supplies.