TURKEY OFFERS ROUTE TO EUROPE FOR IRANIAN AND TURKMEN GAS

On July 13 in Ankara, Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Hilmi Guler and Iranian Oil Minister Kazem Vaziri-Hamaneh signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on gas deliveries from Turkmenistan and Iran to Turkey and via Turkey to Europe. A deal along these lines could, if finalized:
open the last available gas corridor to Europe (

provide direct access for Iranian gas westward, diversifying the European Union