Critical summit claim in Ankara: Turkey and Iran discussed the construction of a new natural gas pipeline
While the energy crisis that broke out in Europe after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine caused concerns all over the world, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan about Europe. TurkeyHe announced that he wanted to establish a natural gas center in . While Putin’s proposal remained on the agenda, a remarkable claim came from the Iranian press.
Iranian Ministry of Petroleum news According to a report published by the Iranian and Turkeydiscussed building a new cross-border pipeline. According to the news in the Iranian press, Iran and TurkeyWhile the ministers from Turkey met in Ankara, it was stated that they were working on the renewal of a 25-year gas supply contract or a new agreement that could allow Iran to increase its oil supply.
The Shana news agency reported that Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji met with senior Turkish ministers and officials to discuss key issues in energy cooperation between the two countries.
According to the news in Sözcü, it was emphasized that the main topic of discussion was to establish a new gas export pipeline from the border between Iran and Turkey. In the report, the two countries also included information that Turkey’s tariffs on imports of petrochemical products from Iran were brought to the agenda. However, Hamid Reza Araqi, former CEO of Iran’s National Gas Company, said in a statement after the news, that it is unlikely that Iran and Turkey will develop a new gas supply mechanism that could increase Iran’s gas exports to Turkey. Araqi told the semi-official ISNA news agency that the biggest obstacle to increasing gas supplies to Turkey is the increasing demand for natural gas in Iran.
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