The Russian government will submit the agreement on the TurkStream
project between Russia and Turkey to the Russian parliament for
ratification, according to Leonid Slutksy, chairman of the State Duma
Committee for International Affairs on Friday.
"We will work on the project systematically after it is submitted to the State Duma," he said.
Sergey
Jeleznyak, a member of the Duma (Russian parliament) International
Relations Committee and deputy secretary general of the United Russia
party, one of the parties in power in the muti-party government, said,
"the ratification of the agreement almost in unison with the Turkish
Grand National Assembly is an indication that Turkish politicians want
to develop relations with Russia, and I think the Russian parliament
will approve this agreement soon."
"Our party supports the
reestablishment of economic ties and mutually beneficial relations with
the Turkish people," Jeleznyak said.
The Turkish parliament has
ratified the deal on the construction of the natural gas pipeline dubbed
the ‘TurkStream’ on Friday morning.
(Anadolu Agency)