"Pipeline talks put Turkey at center stage
Energy ministers from Europe and Central Asia are meeting to discuss the future of gas supplies. Russia is the 800-pound gorilla in the room.
By Nichole Sobecki
Published: January 26, 2009 16:54 ET
Updated: January 26, 2009 17:28 ET
ISTANBUL — Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit to Brussels last week, his first since Turkey began negotiations to join the European Union in 2005, threw the spotlight on an issue given fresh impetus by the recent gas crisis between Russia and Ukraine: the Nabucco pipeline project."
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