The proposal was drafted by Russian president Russian President Vladimir Putin About creating a node natural gas in turkey To supply Europe with energy “does not make sense” as Europeans want to reduce their dependence on hydrocarbons coming from Russia, French Presidency on Thursday evening.
“It does not make sense to create a new infrastructure to allow the import of more Russian gas,” the French news agency Elysee quoted him as saying.
#broke down France: Putin’s proposal to create a new ‘gas center’ is ‘meaningless’ pic.twitter.com/kpNBsiHFHj
– Agence France-Presse (AFP) October 13, 2022
It is noteworthy that the Russian President reiterated, on Thursday, during his meeting with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the proposal he made on Wednesday, To establish a large natural gas center in Turkeyin order to divert flows from the two Nord Stream pipelines there, across the Black Sea.
The Russian president said that Turkey is the most reliable way to redirect gas supplies to the European Union.
For his part, the Turkish president did not place himself on the desire of his Russian counterpart to establish a natural gas center in Turkey.
The Turkish president only said that Ankara could work with Moscow to export Russian grain and fertilizer to poor countries.
With information from Agence France-Presse, Reuters
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