According to PIN, the meeting included the increase in the volume of Iranian natural gas delivery to Turkey, the development of phases 23 and 24 of the South Pars gas field by Turkish firms and the transfer of Iran"s natural gas to Europe via Turkey.
“The construction of an 1800-kilometer pipeline for transferring natural gas from Assaluyeh to the Turkish border, increase the volume of Iran’s gas exports to Turkey, and the transit of natural gas to Europe are other topics that were discussed during the meeting,” Nozari said.
Turkish Energy Minister also said: “Europe and Turkey need gas and we are holding talks to provide the gas from Iran.”
Ankara imports 10 bcm of gas from the Islamic state, about 30 percent of its annual natural gas needs, but it has been looking to increase imports as its consumption is growing fast.
Turkey has proposed the use of Iranian gas for the planned Nabucco pipeline, seen as a means for European Union markets to diversify away from reliance on Russia by gaining access to Caspian and Middle East gas.