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Turkey Has New Strategic Goal of Becoming Energy
Bridge

15.04.2006 01:18 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkey has set a strategic goal of
playing the role of energy bridge in East-West and
North-South transport corridors. Turkish MFA
representative Midhat Rende said that Ankara is
working out a new energy strategy to that end. In his
words, there is a task of turning port Ceyhan into an
energy trade center in the near future.

The favorable geo-strategic location of Turkey, in his
words, provides full opportunity for that. Rende said
that the project of Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil
pipeline that is close to completion, will play an
important role in implementation of the plan of
diversification of energy routes of US and European
countries,» the Turkish MFA representative said. He
also emphasized that Turkey highlights the North-South
corridor as well and wants to become a transit country
in that field, AzerTaj reports.

We remark that at the Vienna meeting of Foreign
Ministers of EU Troika and Turkey last month it was
suggested that Ankara take part in future talks on the matter.