Turkey to halt Azeri gas exports to Greece
ANKARA – Turkey will halt natural gas sales to Greece and use all the gas transferred from Azerbaijan in the domestic market, Turkish Hurriyet newspaper quoted NTV-MSNBC news website as saying Tuesday.
According to a senior energy official, Turkey will stop selling Azerbaijani natural gas totaling nearly 750 million cubic meters annually to Greece after deciding to use the supply for domestic consumption.
An agreement with Azerbaijan has been reached, the official said.
"The final signatures will be put in the upcoming period," the official was quoted as saying by NTV. "After the signing, Turkey will continue to buy 6.6 billion cubic meters of natural gas from Azerbaijan but Turkey’s gas exports to Greece, which started in 2008, will stop. Azerbaijan will directly sell this amount of gas to Greece."
According to the energy official, Azerbaijan aims to directly sell its gas to Europe – something that will become possible with the agreement.
"When the signatures are completed, Azerbaijan will be able to export gas to Greece over Turkey’s pipelines. There is no need to wait. Turkey will take a transfer fee," the official added.
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