Scholz hopes that many countries will participate in Germany's energy supply

“We will gradually make sure that we have a lot of different countries that will provide our energy supply,” he said at a press conference in Berlin.

Germany is counting on supplies from Western European countries and making deals with "new partners" after creating infrastructure on the coast of the North and Baltic Seas, the chancellor said.

He also rejoiced at the signing of an agreement with Qatar on the supply of LNG.

“So I firmly believe that this is a new important brick in the house that we have already built to a large extent,” Scholz was quoted by TASS.

According to the Qatar News Agency, Qatar Energy has signed a long-term contract with the American ConocoPhillips to supply LNG to Germany from 2026.

It is assumed that about 2 million tons of LNG will be delivered to Germany.

Russian Ambassador to Germany Sergei Nechaev noted that Berlin was the main beneficiary of the supply of cheap Russian gas under long-term contracts.