last yearthe size of trade Between Türkiye and Russia exceeded 62 billion dollars, prof senior Russian diplomat on Saturday said.
He speaks to the Russians news RIA Agency, Yury Pilipson, director of Fourth European Division of The Russian Foreign Ministry, said that the Russian-Turkish cooperation developed “particularly dynamic” in Last few years.
“This is the result of joint efforts of The two countries’ governments and relevant departments are economic entities. It is important that the potential of Our partnership remains important to achieve new horizons “.
he added That the West is upset with successes of Effective Russian-Turkish cooperation in favor of Destroy what others have built. “
“Such a destructive (Western) line on Russian-Turkish relations will continue. But so am I,” he said sure that together with Turkish colleaguesWe will be able to resist provocative attempts of He said, “hostile forces.”
Pilipson described as “big” place of energy in Russian-Turkish cooperation. with Two gas pipelines – BlueStream and TurkStream – are running successfully and a gas hub to set up the infrastructure for additional development of Business contacts in energy sector.
Transporting natural gas from Russia to Turkey and further afield to Europe, TurkStream is officially launched in January 2020. The Pipeline That allows Moscow bypasses Ukraine as a transit route to Europe, bringing Russian gas to southern Europe via the Black Sea and Turkey.
It has annual capacity of 31.5 billion cubic meters is formed of Two sea lines of 930 kilometers (577.89 miles) long and two separate land lines of 142 kilometers and 70 kilometers.
the first Line, with capacity of 15.75 billion cubic meters for Supplies to local customers in Türkiye. In addition, the downlink to Turkey brings gas to many European countries countriesincluding Serbia and Hungary.
The Blue Stream crosses the eastern Black Sea from north to the south, making landfall more From 700 km east of Bosphorus.
The diplomat confirmed that the Russian-built Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Southern Türkiye will be completed in time, “in Line with everyone required Standards of Quality and material safety despite attempts to hamper the operation.
In response to a question whether the Turkish authorities may not choose the Russian company Rosatom build a second nuclear power plants in Turkish Black Sea region due to Western sanctions on Moscow, said Pelipson Akkuyu shows that monday countries may be implemented great projects together despite external pressure.
Turkish, recently in April, he was awarded the position of A country that possesses nuclear energy, like it first Akkuyu NPP plant has received the initial payment of nuclear fuel.
Akkuyu NPP is the “largest joint investment” in Türkiye with Russia. The plant will be fully operational by 2028 and fueled at 10% of Electricity consumption in Türkiye, while Akkuyu project It is expected to contribute $1.5 billion (29.15 billion TL) annually to the decrease Türkiye’s imports of natural gas will have a “positive effect” on national Enter.
