June 21st, 2010 by IFandP Newsroom
Turkish energy and natural resources minister Taner Yildiz said that the country would not be transporting any natural gas to Israel via the Blue Stream pipeline until Turkish-Israeli relations have normalised.
Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin had indicated during a recent visit to Turkey that shipping natural gas from Turkey to Israel via Blue Stream II was out of question at the moment due to some other reason. Subsequently, Mr Yildiz told reporters in Russia that he agreed with Mr Putin’s view. He added that the two countries also had the Samsun-Ceyhan pipeline through which Russian oil would flow to many different markets.