The Balkans asked Erdogan to discuss gas supplies with Putin Russian news EN

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14-09-2022, 09:07

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The leaders of the Balkan countries asked Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to discuss gas supplies to their countries at an upcoming meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The portal reports Haberler with reference to the speech of the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Vakhit Kirishzhdi.

It is noted that Erdogan last week made a tour of the Balkan countries. This week, the Turkish leader will attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Samarkand at the invitation of President Putin.

“First we visited Bosnia and Herzegovina, then Serbia, and then Croatia. The proposal, made by the presidents and prime ministers of all three countries, as well as by ministers at the level of interlocutors, was: “Please, you will be at the Shanghai summit at the next (at the current – approx. “Tapes.ru”) week. Please tell Putin there,” the minister said during his speech.

According to the publication, the Balkans hope that this will help them avoid energy problems in the coming months.

On September 9, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed that Putin and Erdogan would hold talks to implement a “grain deal” in Samarkand next week.

The Turkish newspaper Hurriyet notes that the situation in Ukraine will become. Erdogan is expected to once again offer Putin to organize a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Turkey. In addition, we can talk about a possible military operation of Ankara in Syria.

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