Putin Sees Turkey Gas-Hub Agreement in ‘Very Near Future’
- Russian president met counterpart Erdogan in Sochi on Monday
- Putin also says Turkey atomic plant to start operating in 2024
Vladimir Putin greets Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Sochi, Russia, on Sept. 4.
Photographer: Dogukan Keskinkilic/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
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Russia is close to an agreement with Turkey to set up a natural gas trading hub as the Kremlin seeks alternative export routes for the fuel.
“I hope that in the very near future we will complete our negotiations,” President Vladimir Putin said in the Black Sea resort of Sochi as he opened a meeting with Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan. A gas hub in Turkey will “make the energy situation in the region more stable and balanced.”