Sputnik: Lavrov Says South Stream Project Over, Europe Interested in Turkish Stream
The South Stream gas pipeline has been officially canceled, primarily due to an obscure European Commission regulation, and now Europe has turned its attention to the Turkish Stream project, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday.
“The situation with South Stream is completely clear: the project was scrapped, unfortunately, because, first and foremost, it was an object of discriminatory relations from the side of the European Commission,” Lavrov said during a press conference in Moscow.
Lavrov added, however, that Europe is currently interested in the new Turkish Stream gas pipeline project, which is intended to increase Europe’s energy security by avoiding the transit of politically volatile countries.
“We are currently suggesting an alternative project, the so-called Turkish Stream, that has already raised interest in Europe and there are concrete discussions being held. We believe that it will be completed and will raise Europe’s energy security by protecting [Europe] from problematic gas transit countries,” Lavrov said.