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Iran bans resale of gas it sends Turkey by pipeline
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SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM
Friday, February 23, 2007
NICOSIA — Iran has warned Turkey not to resell natural gas supplied
by the Islamic republic.
Iranian Oil Minister Kazem Vaziri-Hamaneh said Ankara does not have the
right to re-export gas that arrives to Turkey from a pipeline in Iran. The
minister said the ban was contained in the 1996 agreement for Iranian gas
exports to Turkey.
Officials said Ankara has been negotiating with its neighbors for
surplus Iranian gas exported to Turkey. They said the Iranian supplies were
cheaper than that offered by Russia.
Turkey has sought to become the energy corridor of Europe and the Middle
East. Ankara already receives energy from the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline,
which brings natural gas from Kazakhstan.
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