Wednesday, 19 August 2009Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Qatar's Amir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani agreed on the construction of a natural gas pipeline between their countries on Tuesday.
Erdogan and al-Thani discussed the energy issue and the commercial relations between Turkey and Qatar during their meeting at a hotel in the coastal town of Bodrum on Tuesday, officials said.
During the gathering, al-Thani expressed his country's willingness to improve relations with Turkey, while Erdogan said Turkey desired to establish a long-term and lasting cooperation with Qatar regarding the energy issue.
Erdogan told al-Thani that Turkey had a unique position in transit energy passage and it desired to include Qatar's energy resources in this network.
Upon Erdogan's remarks expressing Turkey's desire to sign an agreement on such issue, Amir al-Thani said his stance towards the construction of a natural gas pipeline would be positive, officials said. |
Wednesday, 19 August 2009
ANKARA (A.A)
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