Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 36

7-Sep-2009

CASPIAN

Turkmenistan Seeks Azeri Bypass For Gas To Europe

The visit by Turkmenistans President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov to both Bulgaria and Turkey during 26-27 August is being viewed as indicating a shift in Turkmen gas strategy, which could bring it closer to a commitment of gas to the Nabucco project, but not through the construction of a Trans-Caspian pipeline to Azerbaijan as Washington and most of the Shah Deniz participants would...