Russia has always been reliable energy supplier to Turkey — minister

Alparslan Bayraktar recalled that Turkey had been cooperating with Russia in that sphere for forty years

ANTALYA, November 13. /TASS/. Russia is a reliable long-term supplier of energy resources to Turkey, Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said.

"We are already working with the long-term energy cooperation with Russia. This year is the 40th anniversary as we start cooperating and importing natural gas from Russia," the minister said during the World Atomic Days in Antalya. Turkey is cooperating with Gazprom for forty years already and the Russian company has always been a reliable supplier for Turkey, Bayraktar added.

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