Russian energy company Gazprom got the first permission for the building of the offshore part of the Turkish Stream natural gas pipeline project, the company announced on Wednesday.
Gazprom said in a written statement that it received initial permission for the construction from Turkish authorities through diplomatic channels.
Gazprom's CEO Alexey Miller said that works on the Turkish Stream project continue affective and conformably with the Turkish officials.
The Turkish Stream pipeline
project, which was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin in December
2014 during his visit to Ankara, plans to carry Russian gas via the Black Sea
and Turkey to South Eastern Europe.
(Anadolu Agency)
