Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he had reached an agreement with Russian leader Vladimir Putin to establish a gas hub in Turkey. He stated this while speaking at a meeting of his party in parliament.
“Now Europe is thinking about how to provide itself with energy in the coming winter. We, thank God, do not have such a problem. Moreover, at our last meeting with Mr. Putin, we agreed to create a gas hub in Turkey,” said Erdogan, whose speech was broadcast on Twitter on his page.
Erdogan pointed out that Europe can use Russian gas through Turkey.
On October 17, the Turkish authorities called for support for Ankara in its efforts to create an international gas hub. As Omer Celik, the official representative of the country’s ruling party, noted, Turkey is ready to fulfill the mission of turning it into the energy base of Europe. According to him, everyone agrees that Turkey is the most reliable country to implement this initiative.
Earlier, on October 16, the head of Gazprom, Alexei Miller, announced that thanks to the new Turkish hub, it would be possible to redirect all the gas volumes that fell due to the terrorist attacks on Nord Stream.
On October 14, Erdogan said that Ankara would take all measures to ensure the security of the gas hub to be created in Turkey. According to Erdogan, an international gas hub will be created as soon as possible in the European part of the country – Thrace. He recalled that the national hub in Turkey has already been built.
At the Russian Energy Week on October 12, Putin announced the possibility of creating a Turkish energy hub to supply fuel to European markets. On the same day, Turkish media reported that Putin’s idea would be considered on October 13 during his meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Astana.
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