Top gas exporters to meet in Qatar amid Russia-Ukraine impasse

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Qatar will host a summit of top natural gas exporters including Russia, organisers say, as Europe worries about its gas supplies amid fears of Russian invasion of Ukraine

Ukraine's Defence Minister Oleksiy Reznikov says Kiev is planning to hold drills involving Western-supplied anti-tank missiles and Turkish combat drones in response to Russia-Belarus drills.

Organisers on Tuesday did not immediately confirm whether Russia's President Vladimir Putin would attend the biannual Gas Exporting Countries Forum summit on February 22. The massive new pipeline has been completed but has yet to begin funnelling natural gas to Germany, a route tying energy-hungry Europe ever closer to Russia.European Union energy commissioner Kadri Simson visited Azerbaijan, an observer member of the gas forum, on Friday in an effort to diversify the continent's energy sources.

The GECF says its 11 members and seven associate countries account for 70 percent of proven gas reserves and 51 percent of global liquefied natural gas exports.Russia has amassed more than 100,000 troops and military hardware on Ukraine's border. It has denied it is planning an invasion –– but the US warns it has massed 70 percent of the forces it would need for a large-scale incursion.

 

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