World Bulletin: Between EU and Russia, Turkey not taking sides
Turkey will avoid taking sides in the dispute on oil and natural gas between the European Union and Russia, said Turkey’s energy minister Taner Yildiz on Monday.
Turkey is not a partner of South Stream, Yildiz said at the Introduction Meeting of World Energy Outlook 2014 Report in Istanbul, referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to scrap the construction of the South Stream natural gas pipeline and opt for an alternative route through Turkey.
"Turkey will abandon neither its membership bid to EU, nor its Russian neighbor," said Yildiz. MORE