**Putin called the explosions targeting the Nord Stream pipelines direct acts of terrorism**

Other statements by the President at the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF):

The global gas industry is facing uncertainty: prices have risen sharply, but they could fall just as sharply;

Russia is a responsible gas exporter and a reliable, predictable partner;

Any attempts to exclude Russia from the global gas market will have serious consequences, above all, exorbitant costs for consumers;

 “Don’t dig a hole for someone else, or you may fall into it yourself” (on Europe’s restrictions and the energy situation in the region);

Investment in the gas industry should be long-term and based on long-term gas supply contracts;

Russia has proposed expanding consultations within the GECF on crises in the global gas market, coordinating approaches to energy supplies, and exploring ways to optimize fuel supply routes;

Russia is exploring the possibility of working with the United States in the Arctic.

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