Qatar in talks on possible purchase of Rosneft stake in German refinery, report says

BERLIN (Reuters) -Qatar is in talks with the German government over possibly buying Russian energy group Rosneft’s stake in Germany’s PCK Schwedt refinery, which Berlin placed under trusteeship following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Business Insider news website reported on Wednesday.

The German government confirmed that there had been regular exchanges with Qatar regarding investment opportunities over the past three months, without specifying whether a potential purchase of Rosneft assets was among the talking points.

Joerg Kukies,…