Announcing this Sunday, QatarEnergy pointed out it has been discussing the supply of Qatari LNG to Germany for a number of years with German companies.
However, until recently, such discussions did not materialise into definitive agreements due to the lack of clarity on the long-term role of gas in Germany’s energy mix and the requisite LNG import infrastructure, it was explained in a statement.
In a meeting Sunday between the Minister of State for Energy Affairs and the President and CEO of QatarEnergy HE Saad Sherida al-Kaabi, and Robert Habeck, the Vice Chancellor and the Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action of Germany, the German side confirmed that the German Government has taken swift and concrete actions to fast-track the development of two LNG receiving terminals in Germany as a matter of priority to allow for the long-term import of LNG and that such scheme has the full support of the German government.
Based on the foregoing, the two sides agreed that their respective commercial entities would re-engage and progress discussions on long-term LNG supplies from Qatar to Germany, the statement added.
Dr Habeck and the delegation accompanying him met separately with HE the Minister of Commerce and Industry Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Qassim al-Abdullah al-Thani and reviewed the commercial, industrial and investment relations between the two countries and ways of enhancing and developing them, in addition to aspects of joint cooperation between the two sides.
The German minister also held separate meetings with officials of Qatar Chamber and the Qatari Businessmen Association.