The communication is the latest move in Qatar's long-simmering frustration with the CSDDD. In December, al-Kaabi told a forum in Doha the legislation was "ridiculous" and threatened to pull LNG supply to the EU if it meant being subject to the law's penalties.

Szijjártó said that with the increasing electricity demand there was a need to sustain energy security by increasing nuclear capacity and "SMRs are the ideal solution for us".

Meanwhile, Chang said Malaysia signed a Civil Nuclear Strategic Partnership agreement with the US, envisaging long-term cooperation in developing Malaysia’s civil nuclear energy capabilities in a safe and responsible manner.

The German energy group Uniper and the Canadian gas producer Tourmaline have signed a long-term natural gas supply agreement for 6.6 bcm over 8 years starting in November 2028.

After meeting the president in the resort to finalize the deal, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen confirmed the EU and the US will increase their "energy cooperation."

The European Nuclear Alliance currently comprises Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Sweden, plus Belgium and Italy as observers.

Hungary and Slovakia decided to block the sanctions package in response to European Union plans to phase out Russian energy imports, the minister said.

The law article aims to maintain the existing nuclear fleet (63 GW). It also aims to raise nuclear capacity by 27 GW by 2050

Türkiye is the only transit route left for Russian gas to Europe after Ukraine chose not to extend a five-year transit deal with Moscow when it expired on January 1.

“It’s time to stop this Brussels plan to support Ukraine while increasing the utility bills of Hungarian families several times over,”

The European Commission will next month propose legal measures to phase out the EU's imports of all Russian gas and liquefied natural gas by the end of 2027, the EU executive said earlier in May.

The European Commission is discussing the introduction of an import quota of zero for Russian gas, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Nuclitalia will be in charge of assessing the most innovative and mature designs of new sustainable nuclear power, with an initial focus on water-cooled small modular reactors (SMRs).

"Despite the significant progress achieved under the REPowerEU Plan and via sanctions since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in 2024 the EU saw a rebound in Russian gas imports," the EC said. "More coordinated actions are therefore needed, as the EU's overdependency on Russian energy imports is a security threat."

The collaboration focuses on a number of critical areas seen as essential for scaling SEALER from prototype to full commercial readiness.