Qatari Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi warns that Qatar may halt gas supplies to the European Union if penalized under new EU regulations. "I'm not bluffing," he said in an interview with the "Financial Times.

Qatar warned that it will cease gas exports to the European Union if the bloc's countries impose penalties under recently adopted legislation on sustainability due diligence, Qatari Energy Minister Saad Sherida al-Kaabi told the Financial Times.

LONDON: Qatar would stop shipping gas to the European Union if member states strictly enforce a new law on forced labour and environmental damage, Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi told the Financial Times in an interview published on Sunday.

Qatar warned that it would cease gas exports to the European Union (EU) if the bloc's countries imposed penalties on it under the recently adopted legislation on sustainability due diligence, Qatari Minister of State for Energy Affairs Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi told the Financial Times.

Minister of State for Energy Affairs and President and CEO of Qatar Energy HE Eng. Saad bin Sherida Al Kaabi has said Qatar will stop shipping gas to the European Union (EU) if member states strictly enforce a new law regarding imposing fines on international companies.

The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, approved this year, requires larger companies operating in the European Union to check whether their supply chains use forced labour or cause environmental damage and to take action if they do.