President Joe Biden described the agreement as a "groundbreaking" new initiative designed to "increase energy security, economic security and national security." said it will look to provide at least 15 billion cubic meters more of liquified natural gas to Europe this year, with the volumes expected to increase going forward. There is much that can be done to restore justice," he said, according to a translation. And they can contribute to stabilizing the situation in Europe. "The responsible states, in particular the State of Qatar, are reliable and reputable suppliers of energy resources. Posting on his verified Telegram channel after the address, Zelenskyy said it was only a matter of time before European countries stopped purchasing Russian oil and gas.
It comes as countries around the world seek to reduce their energy dependence on Russia - a leading producer and global exporter of oil and gas. Speaking via video link, he said: "I ask you to increase output of energy so everyone in Russia understands that no one can use energy as blackmail," according to a translation. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has spoken at the Doha Forum conference's opening ceremony, urging energy producing countries such as Qatar to hike their output. "We are stepping up and helping some European partners who are starting to suffer from some gas shortages … with the limited amount that we have," he said, stressing that the majority of its gas contracts are long-term. The EU imported 45% of its gas from Russia last year, according to the International Energy Agency. It comes as European countries seek to diversify their energy supply away from Russia – particularly gas. He added that Qatar was "stepping up" and holding talks with European countries about boosting gas supplies.
"So as we are living through a transition, this transition will not be only a political transition but it is an economic transition as well." "And they are going to look and explore a parallel system … going to hedge, at least, for them economically," he added. I'm sure there are a lot of other countries who are unhappy with what's happened and the consequences of the Ukrainian-Russian crisis, especially the economic consequences," he told CNBC's Hadley Gamble at the Doha Forum. "Honestly speaking, look at what happens and the dynamics around us right now. Qatar's Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani tells CNBC that the economic effects of the Ukraine-Russia crisis are being felt around the world - and could lead some countries to move away from pricing oil in dollars. But we believe, that we, the United States, should do our part relative to Ukraine as well by opening our borders to another 100,000 people," Biden said. We understand that because we have at our southern border thousands of people a day, literally not figuratively, trying to get into the United States. The fact that so many, so many Ukrainians seeking refuge in the country of Poland. "And also we do acknowledge that Poland is taking on a significant responsibility, that I don't think should just be Poland's it should be all of NATO's responsibility. He compared the refugee crisis to the situation at the southern border in the U.S.
But he hasn't been able to do it."īiden went on to say that NATO countries should follow Poland's lead in accepting Ukrainian refugees, including the U.S. "I'm confident that Vladimir Putin was counting on being able to divide NATO," Biden said, and "to be able to separate the eastern flank from the west, to be able to separate nations based on past histories.
President Biden in a meeting with Polish President Andrzej Duda stressed the importance of unity among NATO nations during the Russia-Ukraine crisis.
0 kommentar(er)
