Qatar Threatens EU Gas Supply Amid Corruption Probe

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Asian LNG Importers Set To Benefit From The EU Gas Price CapHarbour Energy, the biggest oil…News that inflation may be…Qatar has threatened the European Union with withholding gas exports amid an investigation of the Belgian authorities into allegations of corruption in the European Parliament that led to the suspension of Qatar’s access to the EP.Euractiv reports that, according to a statement made by a diplomatic representative of the Qatari government, the Belgian authorities were acting on “inaccurate” information in their investigation."Any association of the Qatari government with the reported claims is baseless and gravely misinformed," a Qatari government source said at the time.Now, the Qatari government’s statement said the Gulf state rejected all accusations of any involvement in the corruption scheme and noted that “Qatar was not the only party named in the investigation, yet our country has been exclusively criticised and attacked.”“The decision to impose such a discriminatory restriction that limits dialogue and cooperation on Qatar before the legal process has ended, will negatively affect regional and global security cooperation, as well as ongoing discussions around global energy poverty and security,” the statement also said.By Irina Slav for Oilprice.comMore Top Reads From Oilprice.com:Join the discussion | Back to homepageIrina is a writer for Oilprice.com with over a decade of experience writing on the oil and gas industry."

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