Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 20

18-May-2009

CASPIAN/TURKEY

Turkish President Reiterates Position On Nabucco/EU Accession Link

Following his signature of the EUs Southern Gas Corridor Declaration on 8 May, Turkeys President Abdullah Gul has reiterated Ankaras insistence that its signature of the Nabucco pipeline gas transit protocol is conditional on the EU opening the energy chapter of accession talks this December (MEES, 26 January). Turkey has agreed to complete Nabucco transit...