AFP, Doha :
Gas-rich Qatar is looking for opportunities to invest in the US energy market, the Gulf state’s Energy Minister Mohammed Saleh al-Sada said on Wednesday.
Sada said Qatar wanted to build on Doha’s good ties with Washington and shrugged off fears about any protectionist policies under US President Donald Trump.
“We have an excellent relationship with the US on all fronts,” Sada said on the fringes of a Qatari government-organised press trip in Doha.
He said US energy giants ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips and Chevron Phillips were already working in Qatar.
“We built an excellent relationship and we invested in the US and we are looking for opportunities to invest in the US,” he said.
Asked about the potential impact of Trump’s presidency on international trade, Sada said he would adopt a wait-and-see approach.
“But we are sure that any policy coming up from the US will be supportive to their own country as well as the rest,” said the minister, who is also the current OPEC president.
The tiny emirate is the world’s biggest producer and exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG), which has enabled it to generate much of its wealth.
Gas-rich Qatar is looking for opportunities to invest in the US energy market, the Gulf state’s Energy Minister Mohammed Saleh al-Sada said on Wednesday.
Sada said Qatar wanted to build on Doha’s good ties with Washington and shrugged off fears about any protectionist policies under US President Donald Trump.
“We have an excellent relationship with the US on all fronts,” Sada said on the fringes of a Qatari government-organised press trip in Doha.
He said US energy giants ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips and Chevron Phillips were already working in Qatar.
“We built an excellent relationship and we invested in the US and we are looking for opportunities to invest in the US,” he said.
Asked about the potential impact of Trump’s presidency on international trade, Sada said he would adopt a wait-and-see approach.
“But we are sure that any policy coming up from the US will be supportive to their own country as well as the rest,” said the minister, who is also the current OPEC president.
The tiny emirate is the world’s biggest producer and exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG), which has enabled it to generate much of its wealth.
