Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Ankara is carrying out preparatory work on the gas distribution center project in the country. DEA News.
“As you know, Mr. Putin suggested that we create a gas hub in Turkey to distribute gas to Europe. “We are preparing for this now,” Erdogan said during a meeting with young people in Şanlıurfa.
Former Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov declarationThe gas hub currently under construction in Turkey will compensate for the transit volumes lost as a result of explosions in the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines.
Prior to that, Russian President Vladimir Putin spokeThat Turkey was chosen as a gas hub due to the difficulty of working directly with Europe.
After news of sabotage on Nord Stream pipelines, Putin offered to set up a gas hub in Turkey.