According to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey is working to set up a gas hub that will send gas to Europe.
“[Russian President Vladimir] Putin, as you know, suggested that natural gas for Europe be distributed via Turkey’s territory. We are conducting preparatory works for that,” He was quoted as stating by the TRT television network.
Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed during the Russian Energy Week the concept of creating a hub in Turkey to reroute the amount of gas which transit through the Nord Stream is no longer feasible. According to him, it might entail setting up a hub in Turkey and another gas pipeline infrastructure to supply gas to interested third parties, especially European nations.
The presidents of Russia and Turkey spoke about this problem on October 13 in Astana, during a summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia.