Gazprom to discuss resumption of Turkish Stream in Turkey
By Gunay Hasanova
A delegation of Russia’s Gazprom led by Alexei Miller is to visit Turkey on August 31, RIA Novosti reported.
The two sides are expected to discuss resumption of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline project, said Alexander Medvedev, the deputy chairman of the Gazprom board of directors.
"We plan a visit to Turkey on the agenda on our relations," he said answering the question whether a delegation led by Miller plans to visit Turkey on August 31.
As for whether the sides will discuss the resumption of the Turkish stream project, Medvedev said: "Including this too."
After the August 9 meeting between the Turkish and Russian presidents, Turkey has confirmed that it’s ready to continue negotiations on the Turkish Stream gas pipeline project
In addition, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak previously said the agreement on the Turkish Stream gas pipeline project envisions the construction of one pipeline leg by late 2019, with a possible expansion to two.
The minister said Russia and Turkey agreed to set up a working group to implement the project aiming to bring Russian natural gas to Southern Europe via Turkey.
Forecasting its construction timeline at second half of 2019, the minister added that an intergovernmental agreement on the Turkish Stream could be reached and signed by October.
The construction of the Turkish Stream pipeline to deliver Russian gas to Turkey via the Black Sea was initially scheduled to begin in 2014 but was delayed after the failure to reach an intergovernmental agreement. Negotiations on the project were suspended after the downing of a Russian plane in Syria in November 2015.
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