Germany will stop importing Russian gas ‘very soon’, says Olaf Scholz
by Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor from World news | The Guardian on (#5XZSQ)
Chancellor declines to endorse claim by Boris Johnson during London visit that goal will be achieved by mid-2024
The German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, has said his country is doing all it can to wean itself off Russian energy, but declined to endorse a claim by Boris Johnson that it would stop importing Russian gas by the middle of 2024.
Scholz said only that the goal would be achieved very soon, and that Germany would stop using Russian coal by the summer and Russian oil by the end of the year.
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