Medvedev offers Slovenia to get gas via Turkish Stream
MOSCOW. July 24 (Interfax) - Slovenia could joint the process of developing natural gas transport facilities in southern Europe, which would enable it to receive gas from the future Turkish Stream main pipeline, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has said.
"By the way, Slovenia could play a major role in this project, because we are willing to supply gas to Turkey, where a series of large gas storage facilities could be built on the border with Greece and from there gas could be distributed throughout Europe," Medvedev said in an interview with RTV Slovenija ahead of his visit to Ljubljana.
"Several countries have shown interest in this project, including Hungary and Serbia. So I would recommend your leaders take a close look at this project," Medvedev said.
In one of the South Stream development scenarios Slovenia was assigned with a role of delivering gas to one of the biggest European markets, Italy. However, whereas the land part of the South Stream was built by Gazprom's joint ventures with local players, the continuation of the Turkish Stream, in particular, in Greece, will be built by an independent company set up by Greek and Russian financial institutions.