VOL. XXXVIII

NO.41

10-JULY-1995

Qatar

Qatar Will Export Gas To Europe Through The Suez Canal Rather Than Israel,Says Qatari Foreign Minister

The Qatari Foreign Minister, Shaikh Hamad ibn Jasim ibn Jabir Al Thani, saidlast week that his country has no intention of using a gas pipeline from theIsraeli port of Eilat on the Gulf of 'Aqaba to Ashkelon on the Mediterraneanin order to export gas to Europe. "If there are going to be Qatari gasexports to Europe it will be through the Suez Canal," he said...