And Croatia’s interest in South Stream
Croatia is interested South Stream pipeline to pass through its territory and said Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor in a conversation with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, cited by Croatian news agency HINA. I am extremely pleased with the meeting with Prime Minister Putin, who talked with on many topics, including the South Stream. I gave him our offer and interest to the gas pipeline passes through Croatia, said after meeting with Putin Jadranka Kosor. Putin noted that the two countries have very good economic cooperation and trade between them increases. He suggested that economic cooperation should be filled with new content and new projects, cited by Itar-Tass. Jadranka Kosor added that this was her first meeting with Russian Prime Minister and expressed the hope that these meetings will be more. Kosor invited Putin to visit Russia.
Meanwhile, it became clear that the pipeline will likely pass through the territorial waters of Turkey, bypassing Romania, said in an interview for the Romanian information site Gazprom spokesman Sergei Kuprianov. The question of whether Romania will be invited in the near future to join the South Stream project, having already requested technical assistance from her Kuprianov said that participation in the project depends largely on the wishes expressed by the Romanian side.
Last year, representatives of Gazprom met with counterparts from Romagaz and Transgas. Introduced short-term action and put together a list of the data we need. Became clear that the Romanian party needs time to prepare these data explain Kuprianov.
Gazprom’s representative also pointed out that in terms of route of South Stream under the Black Sea are discussed several options, but the pipeline may pass through the economic zone of Russia, Ukraine, Romania and Bulgaria or Russia, Turkey and Bulgaria. He said that after the recently concluded a verbal agreement with Turkey to investigate the possibility main pipeline to pass through the Turkish economic zone in the Black Sea.
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