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ERDOGAN, PUTIN AND BERLUSCONI OPEN HISTORIC BLUE STREAM NATURAL GAS PIPELINE |
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Monday, 21 November 2005Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday officially opened the Blue Stream Natural Gas Pipeline alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Addressing the opening ceremony, Erdogan called the project "historic," adding that the pipeline project, which was called "Blue Dream" by some circles, has now been fulfilled. "In order to achieve something you have to be able to dream about it," said Erdogan, adding that he hoped in 2010 Russian and Kazakh oil would be delivered to consumers through the Mediterranean and that the Samsun-Ceyhan oil pipeline project would be implemented towards this goal. For his part, Putin stated, "We've waited a long time for this day. Now the pipeline has begun to operate at full capacity." Putin further stated that more than 100,000 people had worked on the project, adding that it was important that the starting point of the project was Samsun since Turkish Republic founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk started the national struggle in this province. Also addressing the gathering, Berlusconi said that he was very happy that the project was completed, adding that it was the result of cooperation between the three countries' governments. He further thanked everyone who contributed to the project.
Source: Cumhuriyet, BYGM
21 November 2005
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Monday, 21 November 2005
Black Sea
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