Ankara appears to have embraced a recent proposal by Russian President Vladimir Putin to transform Turkey into a regional hub for the distribution of Russian natural gas.
“We have agreed with Vladimir Putin to create a gas hub in our country, through which natural gas … can be delivered to Europe,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Oct. 19.
But some energy experts are skeptical of the plan, given the region’s complex political and economic circumstances.
“I doubt the proposal will yield practical results, at least in the short term,” Mehmet Ogutcu, head of the London Energy Club, a UK-based think tank, told The Epoch Times….