Hurriyet: Turkish Stream ‘not mature’ yet: Minister

The planned gas pipeline between Turkey and Russia, dubbed the “Turkish Stream,” has not “matured” enough, according to Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yıldız, although the Russian side has made solid announcements regarding the project. 

“As the project has involved the issues of the exclusive economic zone, we need to take the required permissions from our Foreign Ministry. Representatives from our ministry of foreign affairs told me that they had not taken the required documents from the Russian side. These procedures need to be completed. If they are completed by the end of June, we’ll talk about the final details,” Yıldız said at a meeting on June 10, as quoted by Anadolu Agency. 

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