According to Erdogan, the hub should be established as soon as possible and the most suitable place for it is the region of (East) Thrace in the European part of Turkey.
The Russian president Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed by phone on Friday the details of the creation of a natural gas hub in Turkey, the Kremlin press service said after the two leaders spoke.
“Particular attention was paid to the prospects for the implementation of the initiative to create a large natural gas hub in Turkey proposed by the President of Russia in October and supported by Recep Tayyip Erdogan,” the press service said.
Speaking at the Russian Energy Week forum in October, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed the creation of largest European natural gas hub in Turkey and redirecting the volume of natural gas, the passage of which is no longer possible via Nord Stream, to this hub. According to Putin, this may involve the construction of another gas pipeline system and the creation of a hub in Turkey, through which gas will be supplied to third countries, mainly European, if they are interested.
As TASS reminds, the creation of a natural gas hub in Turkey was discussed on October 13 in Astana in talks between the presidents of Russia and Turkey. According to Tayyip Erdogan, the hub should be established as soon as possible, and the most suitable place for this is the region of (Eastern) Thrace in the European part of Turkey.
Earlier, Turkish Agriculture and Forestry Minister Vahit Kiriski said the Turkish leader wanted to talk with his Russian counterpart about the issues of delivering food and fertilizers from Russia to countries in need under the grain deal. Putin and Erdogan had spoken again by phone on November 1.
“Lifeline” so that Russia does not completely lose the profitable European market, recommends the international hub natural gas in Turkey, however, there are significant difficulties. Moscow has four years to decide on its participation in the international gas hub being implemented in Turkey, which could theoretically help it maintain at least some share of the European market, the Russian newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta reported a few days ago in its publication.
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