SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt—The world was hoping to crucify Saudi Arabia as a top oil exporter, its energy minister said on the sidelines of the COP27 summit in Egypt, adding the kingdom would be closely monitoring other countries’ energy policies.
Setting out what he said were Saudi Arabia’s steps to produce cleaner energy and reduce its carbon footprint, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said: “The world is hoping to crucify us.”
Instead, he said, Saudi Arabia would be holding the rest of the world to account.
“We want people to match us, and we want to make sure people put their money where their mouths are,” he said….