Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 32

10-Aug-2009

CASPIAN

Turkey Signs Accord With Russia For South Stream Pipeline Route

Turkeys Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin met in Ankara on 6 August to sign a protocol for Turkey to participate in the South Stream gas pipeline. The deal included Ankara’s approval for the potential routing of the pipeline through Turkey’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the Black Sea. The agreement is...