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The contract governing natural gas flows from Iran to Turkey is due to expire in the coming months, and the two countries could hold discussions on a possible extension, although no negotiations are under way at present, Turkey’s Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said on Saturday.
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a diplomacy forum in the southern Turkish province of Antalya, Bayraktar said that Ankara was looking to diversify gas supplies, including Russian LNG. [Reuters]