OR Turkey will continue to supply natural gas From Russia, it was the message sent by the country’s energy minister, Alpslan Bayraktar.
These statements come in the shadow of Donland Trump’s exhortation to Recep Tayyip Erdogan to stop Turkey from buying oil and gas from Russia.
Specifically, in an interview with CNN Turk, the Turkish Minister of Energy said: “We cannot say to our citizens ‘ended natural gas’. In terms of our supply security security, we must have access to these sources without discrimination. We have agreements with Russia. Winter is approaching. We must obtain as much gas as much as we can from Russia, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan. “
Alpslan Bayraktar commented that “Trump essentially wants to end the war between Russia and Ukraine. Negotiations have been going on for a long time. “
He noted that “there is a disappointment that this war cannot stop”, saying that the US president is calling for Russia’s financial resources to be reduced in order to stop the war.
The Turkish minister pointed out that his country is fourth in the consumption of gas, which he uses in households, industry and electricity production and must therefore differentiate its sources of supply.
“We are already taking LNG from the US,” he said about the agreement he signed with the US Minister of Energy to buy American liquefied natural gas by 2045.
Alpslan Bayraktar also noted: “Our country’s need for gas is growing at a striking pace. Therefore, in terms of the security of our supply, we must have access to these sources, without any distinction, and use them.
That is, America knows this need for Turkey, so there is no problem. Turkey will of course continue to buy gas from Russia as well. After all, there are agreements. “
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He also confirmed that the Turkish company Botas, which manages the pipelines, is already in negotiations with the Russian side to renew the Blue Stream pipeline agreement.
“The criticisms are completely false and based on incomplete information. Turkey saw the picture in 2016. We are the fourth largest country in Europe’s consumption.
The new agreements we have intensified are aimed at diversifying natural gas sources. The more sources you have, the greater the security. The differentiation strategy is important. Turkey has been implementing this differentiation strategy since the 1990s, “he said.
He also pointed out that “our work on the Black Sea gas continues”, which is produced by Turkey, with the aim of doubleing production in 2026, while in 2028 16 million households have access to natural domestic mining gas.
The Turkish Energy Minister said that yet another floating drilling rig would be missed in the Black Sea, raising the number of drilling drilling there in the five and only one – Turkey’s sixth floating drill – “will drill down the straits”.
On Turkey’s relations with Russia, he recalled that President Erdogan recently had a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Shanghai. “The issue of gas was also discussed during this meeting. The meeting was very friendly and constructive. “
Regarding oil, the Energy Minister clarified that imports are not made by a public company, such as Botas in gas, but by private companies and refineries and the government cannot indicate their commercial policy to private businesses and where they will supply oil, that is to say.
Bayraktar also heralded that the first unit of the Akuyu nuclear power plant, built by Russia, would be integrated into the network in 2026. He also said that Turkey should increase the use of nuclear power.
During the visit of Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the White House, Turkey signed an agreement with the US for co -operation in the field of small articulated reactors for political use.
“Turkey is going to become a country that produces such stations alone,” Alpslan Bayraktar told CNN Turk.