U.S. MAY APPLY SANCTIONS AGAINST TURKEY OVER AGREEMENT WITH IRAN

PanARMENIAN.Net
27.07.2007 17:08 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "Turkey’s preliminary memorandum of understanding
(MoU) on possible gas cooperation is of concern for two reasons. First,
a MoU could seriously set back the work that Turkey and the U.S. have
been doing for a decade to develop Caspian Basin gas resources as
well as a pipeline infrastructure to bring those resources to Turkey
and to international markets," U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Ross Wilson
said when commenting on Turkey’s energy deal with its neighbor Iran.

"By continuing to support projects like the trans-Caspian gas pipeline,
Turkey’s regional leadership will help diversify its and other European
countries’ energy supplies, make Turkey a key gas transit country and
strengthen the developing economies of Turkey’s neighbors. A major
increase of Iranian gas exports to Turkey and beyond may hinder the
development of gas resources in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and western
Turkmenistan," Amb. Wilson added, APA reports.