Fedor Smirnov. Turkey should use its geographical position to get the maximum benefit from the transit of energy resources, said the Prime Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu.

" The Turkish economy increases the demand for energy. We don't have the energy, but on the contrary We are at the crossroads of energy pathways and can benefit from transit. Just As all roads lead to Rome, and Turkey should become a place of completion of all delivery methods sources of energy, " davuto?lu said at a meeting With ambassadors in the capital of Macedonia, Skopje, informs television channel TRT.
Among the countries From which Turkey would be able to transport energy, Davutoglu called the Russian Federation, With which, according to him, currently developing and experiencing the best period for the last five hundred years."

" Our good relations With the EU is not, this means bad relations With Russia. With regard to the crisis in Ukraine there is a need to find other ways of delivery of gas, and We now consider Russia's proposal on this issue. Turkey, due to its geography can provide the simplest method of delivery of energy resources to where they're needed, " added davuto?lu.

during the visit of the President of the Russian Federation centuries Putin to Turkey on 1 December, Gazprom and Turkish Company Botas was signed by the statement of understanding on construction of a gas pipeline across the Black sea to Turkey with a capacity of 63 billion cubic meters per year. Of this amount to 14 billion cubic meters provided for Turkey, the remaining gas is about 50 billion cubic meters will be delivered to the border of Turkey and Greece.

As noted by the head of " Gazprom " Alexey Miller, the transition to this project and the rejection of the " South stream " is a step to change the model on the European market, when Gazprom was guided by the delivery to the final consumer: in the future the European Union will have to buy gas at the border.

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