Moscow and Ankara to discuss the construction of the gas pipeline "Turkish Stream"

Russia and Turkey are discussing the construction of two lines of the pipeline "Turkish Stream", Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said in an interview to television channel "Russia 24".

"Turkey is interested in the fact that the gas is fed directly, bypassing other transit countries, and within this in" Turkish Stream "provides one thread, at least for Turkish consumers Thread -.. 15.75 billion cubic meters of gas in general, we are now we are the construction of two lines.

The second line - this is for European consumers, the south-western European consumers, which can also be laid under the Black Sea and is laid through the territory of Turkey, "- said Novak.

"Turkish Stream", involving the construction of a gas pipeline from Russia to Turkey under the Black Sea was frozen after Moscow and Ankara's relations soured in November 2015.

Resumption of the project was discussed during the visit to Moscow by the Turkish government delegation at the beginning of the week. It was reported that the head of the Russian Ministry of Energy and Minister of Economy

Turkey Nihat Zeybekchi agreed to establish a working group for the implementation of "Turkish stream".

It is expected that this project will be one of the main issues on the agenda of Putin's meeting with Erdogan on August 9 in St. Petersburg. -02D-