PM: Turkey not to refuse from importing Iranian gas
Turkey will not refuse from importing Iranian gas, despite the tightening U.S. sanctions against Iran, the Sabah newspaper quoted Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan as saying on Tuesday.
"Iran is the second major supplier of gas to Turkey after Russia. Turkey does not intend to refuse from the Iranian gas because of the sanctions of the certain country [the U.S.]," Erdogan said.
Issue of Iranian gas imports into Turkey is a strategic, Erdogan
said.
Turkey annually imports 8 million tons of oil and 8 billion cubic
meters of gas from Iran.
In 1996, Iran and Turkey signed an agreement to supply 10 billion cubic meters of gas to Turkey annually (30 million cubic meters per day).
According to the Turkish state pipeline company Botas, Turkey imported 39.7 billion cubic meters of gas from Iran in 2011. Russia ranks first, followed by Iran and Azerbaijan among exporters of gas to Turkey.
Here we are to serve you with news right now. It does not cost much, but worth your attention.
Choose to support open, independent, quality journalism and subscribe on a monthly basis.
By subscribing to our online newspaper, you can have full digital access to all news, analysis, and much more.
You can also follow AzerNEWS on Twitter @AzerNewsAz or Facebook @AzerNewsNewspaper
Thank you!