Azerbaijan, Russia boost gas supplies to Turkey
Ankara is grateful to Azerbaijan and Russia for the increase of gas supplies to Turkey, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz has said.
Azerbaijan and Russia increased gas supply to Turkey after the suspension of transportation of Iranian gas due to a powerful blast on a gas pipeline in the Turkish eastern province of Agri.
The gas flow through a pipeline carrying Iranian natural gas to Turkey was halted after the explosives planted by PKK terror organization were detonated at around 8:30 p.m. as patrolling Turkish soldiers were nearby.
A fire broke out due to the explosion, but was subsequently extinguished after the flow of gas in the pipeline was cut off.
Russia's Gazprom declared that the gas supply to Turkey had been increased following an official demand from Turkey's state-run pipeline company BOTAŞ.
BOTAŞ asked for the maximum increase in the supply of Russian gas via the Blue Stream pipeline and Azerbaijani gas via the Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum gas pipeline, Azerbaijani state news agency AzerTAc quoted Turkish NTV channel as saying.
"We are grateful to Azerbaijan and Russia - they responded quickly to our request increasing the gas supply by 50 percent," said Yildiz.
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