Posted on Jan 17, 2023
Qatar does not advocate 'forgive and forget' for Russia, foreign minister says after colleague's...
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Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani on Tuesday appeared to correct a controversial statement his fellow minister made over the weekend concerning Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Saad Sherida al-Kaabi, Qatar’s energy minister and head of the state gas company, said he was sure Russian gas would eventually flow back to Europe, as the Continent would “forgive and forget” Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine.
“We’re all blessed to have to be able to forget and to forgive. And I think things get mended with time … they learn from that situation and probably have a much bigger diversity [of energy intake],” al-Kaabi said on Saturday, during an energy forum in Abu Dhabi.
Saad Sherida al-Kaabi, Qatar’s energy minister and head of the state gas company, said he was sure Russian gas would eventually flow back to Europe, as the Continent would “forgive and forget” Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine.
“We’re all blessed to have to be able to forget and to forgive. And I think things get mended with time … they learn from that situation and probably have a much bigger diversity [of energy intake],” al-Kaabi said on Saturday, during an energy forum in Abu Dhabi.
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Excellent post. Thank You for sharing this shipmate. They're probably getting oil from Russia and not telling the USA.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Asked by CNBC's Hadley Gamble if al-Kaabi's comment was the official position of Qatar, Al Thani said:
"Well, it's not actually. First of all, politically speaking, when we are talking about the situation and the war, Qatar has a very clear political stance on this: we don't accept the invasion of another country. We don't accept threatening by force or the use of force, we don't accept civilians to be hurt. And we have been demonstrating this throughout our votes within the United Nations."
He added, "Our message to the Russians, to the Ukrainian has been always ... these kinds of differences and disagreements shouldn't be resolved in a battlefield, they should be resolved through dialogue."...
..."Asked by CNBC's Hadley Gamble if al-Kaabi's comment was the official position of Qatar, Al Thani said:
"Well, it's not actually. First of all, politically speaking, when we are talking about the situation and the war, Qatar has a very clear political stance on this: we don't accept the invasion of another country. We don't accept threatening by force or the use of force, we don't accept civilians to be hurt. And we have been demonstrating this throughout our votes within the United Nations."
He added, "Our message to the Russians, to the Ukrainian has been always ... these kinds of differences and disagreements shouldn't be resolved in a battlefield, they should be resolved through dialogue."...
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