Algeria asked by Europe to boost gas supply

Algeria has been asked by its partners in Europe to increase gas supply because regional and global conflicts have affected the industry, the country’s foreign minister said on Sunday.

Speaking at a special World Economic Forum meeting in Riyadh, Ahmed Attaf said his country has established a “very complex network of cooperation” with its partners in the region.

“We are a Mediterranean country. We are a gas-producing country. We are asked by our partners in Europe more and more to deliver additional quantities of gas,” he said.

Speaking about how the global environment has changed over the past two-and-a-half years, Attaf said that conflict has affected the energy market, which requires more effective intervention from the UN and its Security Council.

“We have, of course, the conflict in Ukraine that is impacting our region. We have the Palestinian-Israeli conflict that is also impacting our region, and we have the Sahel region. And we are also feeling the impact of the deteriorating situation in this region on the Euro-Mediterranean area,” he added.

He said the “sophisticated” energy cooperation did not come at “the cost of our commitments to alleviating the effects on our environment.”