“Floating LNG terminals will be available soon.
The necessary infrastructure will be ready in a few months, not in a few years or decades,” he said.
Scholz noted that Germany should diversify its sources of supply of resources.
“Last week I negotiated in Africa, we are also talking with Norway, Canada, the USA, Qatar,” TASS quoted Chancellor as saying.
As reported in Washington, the United States is keen to help Europe find alternative gas suppliers to replace Russia as soon as possible, and the United States has already diverted significant volumes of its LNG to Europe and is committed to continuing such supplies until the end of the year.
According to Reuters, Germany and Qatar are experiencing difficulties in negotiations on long-term LNG supplies: the main disagreements are observed regarding the terms of supplies and the terms of the contract.
Igor Yushkov, an analyst at the National Energy Security Fund, noted that at the moment Germany does not have a single LNG receiving terminal, that is, they technically cannot receive liquefied gas.