Energy | German Chancellor praised new energy contracts: “We will never again depend on one supplier”

Germany and the United Arab Emirates on Sunday signed an “energy security agreement” under which the UAE will supply Germany with liquefied natural gas and diesel.

Sunday was the German chancellor’s day By Olaf Scholz The second and last day of the Persian Gulf trip. Before the Arab Emirates, Scholz stopped in Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

“We will never again be in a situation where we are dependent on only one supplier and the decisions it makes,” Scholz assured on Sunday in Abu Dhabi.

United Arab Emirates the state-owned energy company delivered diesel to Germany for the first time earlier this month. Next year, deliveries should increase so that up to a quarter of a million tons of diesel are delivered to Germany per month.

Germany has been highly dependent on Russian natural gas, but the country has sought to diversify its energy supply after Russia invaded Ukraine in February.