Russia and Turkey have turned on a new gas pipeline to the EU, continuing efforts to lock in Russia's best customer.
The TurkStream pipeline launch was "a very important event not only for Russia and Turkey, but also for the states of southern Europe, for the entire European continent", Russian president Vladimir Putin told press at a ceremony in Istanbul on Wednesday (8 January).
And European countries were "already expressing very great interest" in buying the gas, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.
Putin praised the pipeline as a feat of modern engineering.
"It is a high-tech project because the gas pipeline runs at tremendous depth, as well as in a very hostile environment," he said.
Erdogan said its symbolism recalled "Ottoman times", when tsars and sultans first built relations 500 years ago.
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The TurkStream pipeline launch was "a very important event not only for Russia and Turkey, but also for the states of southern Europe, for the entire European continent", Russian president Vladimir Putin told press at a ceremony in Istanbul on Wednesday (8 January).
And European countries were "already expressing very great interest" in buying the gas, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.
Putin praised the pipeline as a feat of modern engineering.
"It is a high-tech project because the gas pipeline runs at tremendous depth, as well as in a very hostile environment," he said.
Erdogan said its symbolism recalled "Ottoman times", when tsars and sultans first built relations 500 years ago.
Read more at: Russia and Turkey turn on EU gas pipeline
