UPI: Turkey remains keen on European gas

Turkey's embrace of a Russian natural gas pipeline project doesn't mean Ankara has turned its back on the European energy sector, the energy minister said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said during an early December meeting in Ankara the long-planned South Stream natural gas pipeline "will not be carried out."

South Stream had an optimum capacity of 2.2 trillion cubic feet per year. It would've stretched across the Black Sea to Bulgaria and then north to European markets.

Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said the company remains committed to diverse partnerships by working with European and Russian counterparts at the same time.
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