TURKISH MINISTER DENIES AZERBAIJAN RAISED PRICE OF NATURAL GAS
Anadolu Agency
April 26 2009
Turkey
Ankara, 26 April: The Turkish energy minister denied on Sunday [26
April] the news that Azerbaijan had raised the price of natural gas
it was selling to Turkey.
Turkey’s Energy & Natural Resources Hilmi Guler said that the stories
that Azerbaijan had raised the price of natural gas it was selling
to Turkey were not accurate.
quot;I am having talks with the Azerbaijani executives for two days,
and they haven’t said such a thing. There is no rise,quot; Guler
told reporters.
Guler also said that two countries had signed a contract, and it was
not possible for Azerbaijan to do so.
Some Turkish newspapers published news stories in their Sunday edition
that Azerbaijan had raised the price of natural gas it was selling
to Turkey as a reaction to Turkey’s rapprochement with Armenia.