"Turkey backs away from Nabucco comments
Published: Jan. 22, 2009 at 11:45 AM
ANKARA, Turkey, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Statements linking the planned Nabucco gas pipeline to Europe to Turkey's bid to join the European Union were misinterpreted, Turkish officials said.
Egemen Bagis, the Turkish minister for EU affairs, told reporters statements on Nabucco from Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan were misunderstood in the Western media, the Turkish daily newspaper Hurriyet reported Thursday."
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