Turkey said Thursday it had demanded a discount on natural gas imports from Russia, threatening to revoke the contract if a reduction wasn't agreed.
Turkey
said
Thursday it had demanded a discount on natural gas imports from
Russia
,
threatening to revoke the contract if a reduction wasn't agreed.
"We have asked them [
Russia
] for
a reduction. If
Russia
doesn't sufficiently meet this demand, we will display the will to end the
contract," Energy Minister Taner Yildiz told reporters in
Ankara
.
Turkey
depends on
Russia
for
60% of its domestic gas use. The energy minister was referring to an agreement
under which
Turkey
imports gas supplies from the energy giant through a western pipeline.
Ankara
is seeking ways of keeping gas prices for domestic
consumers down, the media reported. But the rising costs of natural gas raw materials
and high exchange rates were putting pressure on the government.
Yildiz said
Turkey
would
revisit each and every expiring agreement one by one.
"One of them is the agreement about the western line. If we cannot see a
sufficient discount, we will end it," said the minister.
The agreement with
Russia
expires by the end of this year.
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