Turkey’s gas deal with Azerbaijan fuels hopes in EU
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on a visit to Azerbaijan Monday (17 May), is due to sign a EU-backed gas deal that is expected to unlock Azeri gas reserves for the West and eventually trim Europe's energy dependence on Russia, the press in the region reports.Precise details of Monday's expected deal are unknown, but it should at least resolve pricing differences over 6 billion cubic metres of gas Azerbaijan currently sells to Turkey, The Moscow Times writes.Azeri ...