"Despite Its Burgeoning Need for Increased Energy Imports Turkey is Preparing to Cancel a 1996 Agreement to Import Natural Gas from Iran.
The move would be the result of Iranian intransigence not responding to Turkish requests to decrease the price Iranian gas.
Bilateral negotiations began in 2004 following Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan`s visit to Tehran, but Ankara believes that the negotiations to modify the natural gas agreement have reached a dead end."
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