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Russia to build gas pipeline to Turkey in lieu of South Stream

by Anadolu Agency

ANKARA Dec 01, 2014 - 12:00 am GMT+3
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by Anadolu Agency Dec 01, 2014 12:00 am

Russia is scrapping the South Stream natural gas pipeline project and may cooperate with Turkey on building a gas hub for southern Europe, President Vladimir Putin said on Monday.

He said Russia can't implement the project because of the European Union's opposition to it. The $40 billion Gazprom-led project would have involved running a pipeline under the Black Sea to Bulgaria and further on to southern Europe.

"We will not start the construction of the project on Black Sea. It is not logical to construct all the pipeline and stop when reaching the border of Bulgaria," Putin said.

The CEO of Russia's gas monopoly Gazprom, Alexei Miller, said on Monday that the project to build the South Stream gas pipeline was dead, after President Vladimir Putin cited obstacles raised by the European Union.

"The project is closed. This is it," Miller told reporters according to Reuters.

However, Moscow will boost gas supplies to Turkey and may cooperate with it in creating a hub for natural gas supplies on the border with Greece, Putin said.

Putin met his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan amid differences over the crises in Syria and Ukraine. The two leaders focused on their countries' booming economic and trade ties. The Russian leader arrived in Turkey on Monday accompanied by a large delegation, including 10 ministers.

Speaking at a joint press conference with Erdoğan, Putin said Russia would reduce the gas price for Turkey by 6 percent, starting next year, and had agreed to supply Turkey with an additional 3 billion cubic meters. Last year, 13.7 bcm of gas were pumped to Turkey via Blue Stream.

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