Egyptian petroleum minister: No coordination with Qatar for exporting gas to Israel

Egyptian - Qatari talks are starting today aimed at signing an agreement to export Qatari gas through the Suez Canal with new special fees.

The Qatari sides is head in the meeting by Minister of Energy, Industry, Electricity and Water Abdu Allah El-Atia while the Egyptian side is headed by Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Wealth Hamdi El-Banbi who arrived at Doha yesterday heading a delegation comprising the chairman of Suez Canal organization Ahmed Fadel.

The Egyptian minister negated in his declarations his arrival at Doha's airport the existence of coordination between Qatar and Egypt for exporting gas to Israel by saying 'no talk is said about Israel neither from Qatar's government nor from Egypt's and these topics are absolutely not raised, pointing to the existence of many markets for the Qatar Gas in markets of the Mediterranean sea such as turkey and Spain.