Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares is expected in Algiers on Thursday to hold talks over continued supply of gas to Spain via Morocco.
His visit to Algiers comes ahead of an interview he arranged with his Moroccan counterpart Nasser Bourita, according to Spanish agency EFE.
Algeria said it was able to provide gas to Spain through the Medgaz pipeline, excluding Morocco and the Maghreb-Europe pipeline that runs across the Kingdom and plays a key role in supplying gas to Morocco.
The Algerian Minister of Energy and Mines, Mohamed Arkab previously received the Spanish Ambassador, Fernando Moran in his ministerial department on Thursday, affirmed “Algeria’s total commitment to cover all of Spain’s natural gas supplies through the Medgaz.”
The Medgaz gas pipeline links the Algerian installations of Béni Saf to the port of Almería in Spain, passing under the Mediterranean Sea, of a capacity of 8 billion m3, and is far behind the capacity of the gas pipeline passing through Morocco (13.5 billion m3).
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