Washington, January 31
President Joe Biden is internet hosting ruling chief of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on the White Home on Monday as he seems for the gas-rich nation to step up as soon as once more to assist the West because it faces the prospect of a European power crunch if Russia additional invades Ukraine.
Qatar performed a central position in aiding final summer time’s US army evacuations of Afghan helpers and US citizen in Afghanistan, hosts the largest American air base within the Center East, and served as a go-between with the Taliban for the final three US administrations as they tried to wind down America’s longest conflict. Now, with some 1,00,000 Russian troops massed on the Ukraine border, specialists say Qatar — the world’s second- largest exporter of liquified pure gasoline — is raring to assist Biden once more however may solely be capable of supply restricted help if Russia additional disrupts the circulate of power provides to Europe.
“Qatar sees this as a possibility to additional enhance its relationship with the US after Afghanistan,” stated Yesar Al-Maleki, an power economist on the Center East Institute in Washington. “However it’ll be very laborious to do as a result of there is not extra provide.”
Qatar is already producing at full capability with a lot of its provide below contract to Asia. Even when some Pacific allies of the US, together with India, Japan and South Korea, are persuaded to divert some LNG orders it has contracted to Europe, it can solely have a small influence in softening the blow, in line with power analysts. The White Home stated that Biden and Qatar’s ruling emir would additionally use Monday’s {meeting} to debate Center East safety and the scenario in Afghanistan, the place humanitarian situations have deteriorated within the aftermath of final 12 months’s US army withdrawal and Taliban takeover. — AP
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