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    Greek Reporter: Athens Concerned It May Be Excluded from TurkStream Gas Pipeline

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Greek Reporter sources say that Greece is concerned it may be excluded from the Turkish Stream project in favour of Slovakia and its alternative route

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Greek Reporter: Athens Concerned It May Be Excluded from TurkStream Gas Pipeline

Athens is concerned that it may be excluded from the Gazprom-backed construction of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline as Slovakia has proposed an alternative route for Russian gas to Europe.

Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico met with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow and proposed a plan that would transfer gas from the Turkish border through Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia, thereby bypassing Greece.

The plan’s construction will commence at the end of June, a Gazprom official announced, and diplomatic circles in Athens are allegedly worried that Greece may not be a partner in the project after all.

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