{"id":34297,"date":"2026-03-18T08:49:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T08:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/34297\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T08:49:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T08:49:34","slug":"swiss-energy-supply-is-secure-despite-conflict-in-middle-east-say-officials-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/34297\/","title":{"rendered":"Swiss energy supply is secure despite conflict in Middle East, say officials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2d9be2ffd9cbec90c5dd950a423d2df7e52f2c73-91114799.jpg\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" alt=\"Energy supply in Switzerland secure despite war in Iran\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"sync\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Switzerland has reserves to cover national needs for petroleum products for 4.5 months and for kerosene for 3 months.             <\/p>\n<p>            Keystone-SDA        <\/p>\n<p>        Switzerland&#8217;s energy supply is secure despite the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, according to government officials.\n<\/p>\n<p>            Listen to the article        <\/p>\n<p>            Listening the article        <\/p>\n<p>                Toggle language selector            <\/p>\n<p>                            English (US)                        <\/p>\n<p>                            English (British)                        <\/p>\n<p>            Generated with artificial intelligence.        <\/p>\n<p>        This content was published on    <\/p>\n<p>        March 18, 2026 &#8211; 09:13\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/latest-news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">+Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A meeting of a national committee responsible for energy supply security was held on Tuesday, attended by Economics Minister Guy Parmelin and Energy Minister Albert R\u00f6sti.<\/p>\n<p>The committee will meet again \u201cas soon as a change in the situation emerges\u201d, the Federal Council said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>The group\u2019s last meeting was in March 2022, a few weeks after the start of the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>In view of the current stability of supply in Switzerland, the Federal Council has no legal basis to intervene in the market. But if a serious shortage were to emerge, measures prepared in advance, such as the release of mandatory oil reserves, would be implemented.<\/p>\n<p>\n    More<\/p>\n<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773823700_304_benzina.jpg\" width=\"1300\" height=\"842\" alt=\"petrol pump\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        More    <\/p>\n<p>        Climate adaptation\n        <\/p>\n<p>        US oil buoys Swiss fossil fuel needs amid\u00a0Middle East conflict\u00a0    <\/p>\n<p class=\"teaser-wide-card__excerpt\">\n<p>                        This content was published on                    <\/p>\n<p>                        Mar 17, 2026                    <\/p>\n<p>                The conflict in the Middle East has disrupted the global transport of oil and gas. A look at where the fossil fuels consumed in Switzerland come from.            <\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"teaser-wide-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/climate-adaptation\/why-switzerlands-fossil-fuel-supply-is-secure-despite-the-war-in-iran\/91094081\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>            Read more: US oil buoys Swiss fossil fuel needs amid\u00a0Middle East conflict\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Global impact<\/p>\n<p>The conflict in the Middle East has caused energy prices to rise and has had an impact on global energy supply.<\/p>\n<p>Switzerland announced last week that it would not participate for now in the voluntary release of oil reserves by the International Energy Agency (IEA). <\/p>\n<p>According to the government, these reserves are held by the companies that market the products. They can cover national needs for petroleum products for 4.5 months and for kerosene for 3 months, a spokesperson for the Federal Office for National Economic Supply (FONES) told the Keystone-ATS news agency. <\/p>\n<p>This corresponds to approximately 14.5 million barrels of petrol and diesel, 8.6 million barrels of heating oil and 2.4 million barrels of kerosene.<\/p>\n<p>\n    More<\/p>\n<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773667592_889_469938205_highres.jpg\" width=\"1300\" height=\"867\" alt=\"Swiss neutrality is once again coming into focus in the wake of the Middle East conflict - political decisions are still pending.\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        More    <\/p>\n<p>        Foreign Affairs\n        <\/p>\n<p>        Where Switzerland stands on the Iran war    <\/p>\n<p class=\"teaser-wide-card__excerpt\">\n<p>                        This content was published on                    <\/p>\n<p>                        Mar 11, 2026                    <\/p>\n<p>                Neutral Switzerland\u2019s position in the Middle East conflict is sensitive regarding the United States.            <\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"teaser-wide-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/foreign-affairs\/where-switzerland-stands-on-the-conflict-in-the-middle-east\/91070512\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>            Read more: Where Switzerland stands on the Iran war<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Adapted from French by AI\/sb<\/p>\n<p>                How we work\u00a0            <\/p>\n<p>We select the most relevant news for an international audience and use automatic translation tools to translate them into English. 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