(MENAFN- AzerNews) By Fatima Hasanova
Europe's need for gas in the long term is obvious, Azernews
reports per TASS, quoting Ugur Yasin Asal, head of the Department
of Political Science and International Relations of Istanbul
Technical University.
Ugur Yasin Asal said that the planned construction of an
international gas hub in Turkiye will be profitable if it takes gas
to Europe, not only from Russia but also from Azerbaijan and
Turkmenistan, the report adds.
'Europe's need for gas in the medium and long term is obvious.
Building a distribution center in Turkiye just for the sake of
Russian gas will not be enough. It should be a strategic priority
for Turkiye to combine in this center gas that comes from
Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan and their joint supplies to Europe.
Europe needs this and is looking for alternative gas routes,' said
the expert.
Last week at the Russian Energy Week forum, President Vladimir
Putin came up with the idea of creating the largest European gas
hub in Turkiye, where the volume designed for the Nord Stream can
be redirected. According to him, the matter concerns the
possibility of building another gas pipeline system and creating a
hub in Turkiye through which the blue fuel will be supplied to
third countries, primarily European, if they are interested in
it.
Discussions on the creation of a gas hub in Turkiye were held on
October 13 in Astana, Kazakhstan, between the presidents of Russia
and Turkiye. Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan says that the
construction of the center is planned to begin in the near future
and the most suitable place for it is Thrace region in the European
part of Turkiye.
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