Baku, Azerbaijan, July 26
Trend:
Russia and Turkey discussed the Turkish Stream July 26 and there is no decision yet, Yuri Sentyurin, Russia’s deputy energy minister, told reporters July 26.
Sentyurin made the remarks on the results of the negotiations of Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich with his Turkish counterpart Nurettin Canikli, RIA Novosti reported.
“A separate meeting will be held,” added the Russian official.
Russia suspended the South Stream project, designed to supply Russian gas to Europe bypassing Ukraine, in December 2014. Russia said "the EU's non-constructive position" was the reason for the project's suspension.
Then it was decided to build the Turkish Stream through the territory of Turkey, instead of the South Stream. But the project came under threat in late 2015 due to sharp deterioration of relations between Moscow and Ankara when Turkey shot down a Russian Su-24 bomber with two pilots on board.
On June 27, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent a letter of condolences to Putin over the death of Russian Su-24 pilot and expressed regret over the incident.
Earlier, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim, commenting on the improvement of relations between Turkey and Russia, thanked Azerbaijan for its contribution to normalization of the relations.