Turkish energy minister: “Reason of non-achievement of gas deal with Azerbaijan is an issue concerning Armenia”

He said three issues were in the focus during the negotiations: determination of 7 billion cubic meters of natural gas purchased from Azerbaijan per year, volume and price of Shahdeniz-2 natural gas to be produced in 2016-2017, as well as gas transit price.

The minister said it was not a problem to coordinate above-mentioned technical issues with Azerbaijan. “But I consider that there is a problem with the issue concerning Armenia. Despite that Turkey says it will not agree with the option not approved by Ilham Aliyev, I think we couldn’t completely explain our position to Azerbaijan. Therefore it is not possible to reach gas deal so far. But I think the agreement will be reached”.

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