Ankara: Türkiye can expand its capacity for Azerbaijani gas

Türkiye can increase the capacity of its networks for Azerbaijani gas entering the country as an alternative to Russian gas for Europe.

The statement came from the Turkish president's official representative, Ibrahim Kalin, Hürriyet reports.

"Due to the fact that Europe has decided not to buy oil and gas from Russia anymore, there are two possible alternatives to compensate for this. The first is the gas coming from Azerbaijan to Turkey. We can increase the capacity," he said.

The second alternative, according to him, is the energy resources of the Eastern Mediterranean.

"Here, for political reasons, it was planned to bypass Turkey and transport gas to Greece through Cyprus. However, this was abandoned because it would have been too expensive. There is no third alternative. None of these processes will work without us," he added.