Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 43

24-Oct-2011

CASPIAN

Turkmen President Opens Talks For Trans-Caspian Pipeline

Turkmen President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov affirmed on 14 October the necessity for the proposed Trans-Caspian Pipeline to enable gas exports to Europe, following a meeting in Ashgabat with his Austrian counterpart Heinz Fischer. Mr Berdymukhamedov said: Today we get down to work on the contractual and legal basis for supplying Turkmen energy to Europe. We are inclined to...