Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 47

21-November-2005

TURKEY

Turkish, Russian, Italian Leaders Meet For Blue Stream Inauguration

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on 17 November met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in Durusu, Turkey, near Samsun, to inaugurate the Blue Stream gas pipeline, which came into operation in February 2003 at a total cost of $3.2bn (MEES, 3 March 2003). Executives from Botas, Gazprom and Eni were present...