VOL. XLVI

No 29

21-July-2003

TURKEY/CASPIAN

Turkey And Russia Fail To Make Progress On Blue Stream Imbroglio

Turkeys Ministry of Energy and Russias state-owned gas monopoly Gazprom have failed to make any headway in their dispute over deliveries of Russian natural gas through the newly-completed Blue Stream pipeline and the price that Turkey should pay. Turkeys Energy Minister Hilmi Guler and Gazproms CEO Alexei Miller met in Ankara on 10 July but failed to reach an understanding, but...