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European Commission President urges Turkmenistan to accelerate work on gas delivery to Europe

Oil&Gas Materials 15 January 2011 15:57 (UTC +04:00)

In the talks with the Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov in Ashgabat, the European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso urged the Turkmen side to accelerate the project on delivery of Turkmen natural gas to Europe, RIA Novosti reported.

He spoke about the construction of the Trans-Caspian gas pipeline, noting that "the countries that have the ability to build such a pipeline, they have a right, and it can happen enough quickly."

According to Barroso, at a political level, this project enjoys the support of the European Union."

"After today's meeting, I think we should sign a memorandum of understanding, where we describe our further steps further efforts, as well as we have to declare that we have created a working group, that we work on an intergovernmental agreement between the relevant partners, " said the head of the European Commission.

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