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Turkey to fix BOTAS deficit with Russian gas discount

15 October 2014 17:12 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Turkey’s will address the deficit from BOTAS, the state-owned crude oil and natural gas company, if Turkey gets natural gas discount from Russia, said Turkey's energy minister Wednesday, APA reports quoting Anadolu Agency.

“We have asked for discount on the sale of natural gas from Russia in a meeting in Moscow”, said Turkey’s Energy Minister, Taner Yildiz in the Energy Supply Security and Southern Gas Corridor Panel in Ankara.

Turkey highly depends on Russia for its natural gas supply which is operated mostly by BOTAS.

“The decrease of prices for crude oil and natural gas are important for our consumers, however, we will primarily fix the Petroleum Pipeline Corporation of Turkey - BOTAS’ deficit," he said.