Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin and Turkey's Energy Minister Taner Yildiz announced a deepening of energy sector collaboration Wednesday, underlining the rapidly expanding economic and political ties between Ankara and Moscow.
Russia
's
Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin and
Turkey
's
Energy Minister Taner Yildiz announced a deepening of energy sector
collaboration Wednesday, underlining the rapidly expanding economic and
political ties between
Ankara
and
Moscow
.
Speaking after a meeting in
Istanbul
,
Sechin and Yildiz said Russian companies could take a 25% stake in the
Samsun-Ceyhan oil pipeline, which is slated to carry 60 million-70 million
metric tons of crude oil a year through central
Turkey
as an
alternative to energy supplies shipped through the
Bosporus
.
They also said
Russia
is
mulling constructing a second nuclear power station in addition to an existing,
$20 billion project $20 billion in the Mediterranean town of
Mersin
.
Russia
is
one of
Turkey
's top
trading partners and its main gas supplier, accounting for about 60% of the
country's gas imports.
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