"We need guarantees in writing from the European Commission, that all routes including the potential one to Europe through Turkey may not only be realized, but will become a priority with the EC's support. If Gazprom's Turkish partners bring us a document of this sort, we can move on. Unfortunately, it hasn't happened for now," the President said, underlining that the project's fate depends on other sides, not just Russia.
According to Putin, the Nord Stream was implemented "ever more to the point".
"It hasn’t seen conditions created for filling it by 100%, particularly regarding the pipelines located within the Federal Republic of Germany. One route has 50% while the other has zero. But all this is potential and I’m sure it will come useful," Putin said.
The agreement to construct the pipeline within the Turkish Stream project was reached in December 2014. According to the initial plan, the capacity of 4 lines of the pipeline will be 63 bln cubic meters of gas per year, with 16 bln to be supplied to Turkey and 47 bln — to the gas hub on the Turkish-Greek border. In October, Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller said the company will only construct 2 lines of the pipeline so far as the Nord Stream 2 pipeline can cover Europe’s growing demand for gas.
At the same time it was announced that the talks on signing the intergovernmental agreement were postponed due to the political situation in Turkey where the cabinet of ministers was being appointed at the time.
On December 3rd Russia's Energy Minister Alexander Novak said talks on building the Turkish Stream pipeline have been suspended...
[tass.ru]
17/12/15
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