ANKARA, August 8. /TASS/.
Turkey is ready to promptly take required steps for implementation of the
Turkish Stream pipeline project, President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan said
on Monday in an interview with TASS First Deputy General Director Mikhail
Gusman on the eve of his visit to Russia.
"We are ready to promptly
take steps towards implementation of this project [Turkish Stream - TASS],
discuss it and make decision," Erdogan said. "No obstacles whatsoever
exist to do so," he added.
"Turkey purchases the
greatest portion of gas from Russia," Erdogan said.
"According to data as of
the end of July 2016, natural gas imported from Russia totaled 12.5 bln cubic
meters. This shows the importance of Turkey as an economic partner in this
sphere," the president of Turkey said.
The Turkish Stream pipeline
was announced by the Russian authorities in December 2014 as a replacement for
the South Stream pipeline.
It was planned that the marine
section of Turkish Stream would comprise four lines with the capacity of 15.75
billion cubic meters each.
The pipeline is to run 660 km
in the old South Stream corridor and 250 km in the new corridor in the
direction of the European part of Turkey.
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