Bayraktar said that the negotiations between Türkiye and Turkmenistan about the natural gas trade that started in 1998 reached the result 27 years later.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, March 1, 2024 to participate in the Antalya Diplomasi Forum to participate in the Turkmenistan Folk Maslahi President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov’a reminiscent of a meeting with the Bayraktar, “In the meeting, the two countries between the two countries to increase the cooperation of natural gas and oil. An agreement was reached on the supply of gas to Türkiye. ” he said.
Bayraktar, after these developments from Turkmenistan to Türkiye to the start of gas flow to the necessary technical and legal infrastructure to create intensive overtime to create an intense overtime, he said.
“We will extend this agreement with Turkmenistan to 5 years”
Minister Bayraktar emphasized that a significant agreement was provided to initiate a new era in the cooperation of BOTAŞ and Türkmengaz with their announcement on February 11th and said:
“Thus, Turkey will supply gas from a country without its own boundaries with pipe gas for the first time after 20 years. Within the scope of the cooperation between the two countries, 1.3 billion cubic meters of Turkmen gas is planned to be referred to Türkiye by the end of the year. This gas will meet the natural gas needs of 1.5 million households. We will extend this agreement with Turkmenistan.”
Bayraktar, “Swap” method to be realized by the supply process, Türkiye’s long -term energy supply strategy will directly contribute to the strategy, he said.
Stating that the arrival of Turkmen gas is one of the important steps for Türkiye’s efforts to become a natural gas center, Bayraktar said.
“Turkmen gas will be a critical step in the process of diversifying Türkiye’s gas supply diversity and import portfolio. This gas is also a strategic importance in terms of creating an alternative route in gas exports to the west. This has been a step that strengthens Türkiye’s geopolitical position and reinforces its goal of being a natural gas trade center.”
Turkmenistan’s Devletabad-Serahs-Anger natural gas pipeline is planned to be delivered to Iran by swap to Türkiye.
Iran-Türkiye Natural Gas Point at the point of delivery from Gurbulak gas, will be used in Türkiye.
