"Putin Wins Turkey's Approval Of South Stream Route Print E-mail
August 06, 2009
by Charles Recknagel
Meeting in Ankara, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan have come to agreement on Moscow's request to route its South Stream gas pipeline through Turkey's territorial waters.
'The South Stream pipeline is a much needed project that is particularly important in the context of ensuring the energy security of the whole of Europe and the development of a broad range of ties between Russia and Turkey,' Putin said. 'Our negotiations showed that we can find solutions, together with the Turkish leadership, that open the way to new, large-scale energy projects.'"
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