Saudi Arabia's Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al-Saud speaks at the Future Investment Initiative conference, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October 25, 2022. REUTERS/ Ahmed Yosri
SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov 11 - The world was hoping to "crucify" Saudi Arabia as the top exporter of liquids, its energy minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said on Friday at an event held on the sidelines of the COP27 summit in Egypt. Setting out what he said were Saudi Arabia's steps to produce cleaner energy and reduce its carbon footprint, he said the kingdom would be watching the performance of other countries.
"The world is hoping to crucify us," he said, adding: "We will make the world accountable to us on what they deliver because we want people to match us and we want to make sure people put their money where their mouthes are."has the lowest methane emissions by any measure, he added, saying the kingdom is also on track to reach net-zero by 2060 and may bring the target forward.
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