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Sunday, January 29, 2006

JTW News - Turkey Questions Iran Gas Deal

"Turkey Questions Iran Gas Deal
* No Gas to Residential Areas if Iran Fails to Deliver

Nese DURAK (JTW)

Iran reduced the gas to Turkey with no warning.

Now Turkey’s biggest cities and industry under the threat of shortage of energy. Iranian officials say ‘this is the God’s thing, and not their mistake’ Sabah daily noted.

According to the written agreements Iran had no right to reduce or cut the gas to Turkey and Turkey could end the agreements under these conditions. The problem is Turkey does not want to rely only on the Russian gas. However it is reported that Ankara seeks other options including Central Asia, Caucasus, Middle East and Africa to replace the Iranian gas. Turkish authorities say that Iran and Russia are not reliable suppliers. “They use gas as a political tool. They are not sincere and reliable” said one of the Turkish official."

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