Gazprom Strengthens Diplomatic Ties With Turkey

Gazprom is trying to strengthen its relations with Turkey, underlining the importance of its cooperation with the country through the Blue Stream. The gas pipeline brought 13.7 billion cubic meters of gas in 2013.

“For over 11 years Blue Stream has been an illustrative example of the efficiency and reliability of direct Russian gas supplies to European consumers. The project is the first offshore thoroughfare of such scale globally; it represents a great engineering achievement,’ Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, said in a note released on Tuesday. 

Last week, Bulgaria’s Deputy Prime Minister Tsvetlin Yovchev said that the country’s reliance on Ukraine transit poses risks to its energy security.

Bulgaria borders Romania, Greece and Turkey. 

While Sofia said to hold two months worth of gas stored in the country, Vladimir Putin met Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to discuss proposals to settle the situation in Crimea and Kiev.