"Turkey's Energy Minister Pressures Nabucco Partners
Publication: Volume: 6 Issue: 75
April 20, 2009 02:19 PM Age: 34 min
Category: Eurasia Daily Monitor, Home Page, Energy, Turkey, Featured
By: Saban Kardas
Turkey's Energy Minister Hilmi Guler
On April 17 Turkey's Energy Minister Hilmi Guler, attended a meeting on the future of the Turkish energy sector where he highlight the need to invest in renewable energy resources and diversify its hydrocarbon supplies. In that context, Guler sent important messages to Turkey's Nabucco partners. Asked about the current standing of the Nabucco project, he said that draft intergovernmental and host government agreements had been conveyed to Ankara's partners. 'We told them that if we receive their response this month, we are ready to sign the agreement in June...we have full confidence that we can conclude the project, provided that our partners respond to the letter promptly' (www.haberturk.com, April 17)."
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