Foreign Ministry: Russia looks forward to the early resumption of negotiations on the " Turkish stream "

The Russian side expects an early resumption of dialogue on the construction and operation of the first gas pipeline " Turkish stream ", said the Russian foreign Ministry.
at the beginning of the negotiations of the Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov with Turkish counterpart Feridun sinirlio?lu in Sochi on September 17, the foreign Ministry stressed that one of the priorities of the parties is the implementation of the project of construction of gas pipeline " Turkish stream ".
"We look forward to full, consistent and timely implementation of agreements on creation of conditions for construction and operation of the first string of the" Turkish stream ". Expect an early resumption of the negotiation process, as well as among them, by intergovernmental agreement, the draft of which may be placed on the consideration of the Turkish side ", - is informed in the report on the Internet office of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. On the First day of the week the Deputy Chairman of Gazprom Alexander Medvedev said that the schedule of commissioning of the gas pipeline "Turkish stream" at the end of 2016 is shifted to a later date. Last week, Ankara expressed its readiness to discuss with the Russian side the project of construction of gas pipeline "Turkish stream" only when the contract for the provision of discounts on gas. On 7 August it was claimed that the concept of the gas pipeline "Turkish stream" may be changing, ? it can be in 2 or even four times less than the above stated format of 4 thread 63 billion cubic meters per year. It forces to doubt that the Russian Federation and in truth refuse from Ukrainian transit and will supply gas to the European Union via the Baltic and the Black sea. On the same day, a source in Gazprom said that the Russian holding company has revised the configuration of the pipeline system " Turkish stream ". In the energy Ministry, for its part, has told that the Russian side has sent Turkey two variants of the intergovernmental agreement on the " Turkish stream ". 1st case ? the construction of the first branch, the second option implies the gasket all 4 pipelines. A source in the energy Ministry did not specify when the Turkish side were sent documents.


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