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..Turkey, Iransign $20 billion energy accord
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'Kurdishissue' might be discussed by Clinton and Yeltsin
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Secretary of State Warren Christopher: The' extent to which Russia is welcomed into the institutions
of the West such as G-71 think will depend upon the p~rèeptions oftheircoilduct in matters
,suchas theirrelationshipwith Iranaswell as'their situation in Chechnya'
" , By Ugur Alonel ,," During a press briefing held Thursday at the have "a very full plate" with à'long list of
, Turkish Daily News White Hous~, Christopliet said: "It' s entirely' issues including NATO' s expansion, Russia' s
WASHINGTON- The '~Kurdish issue" possible that the Kurâish issue will be .dis- relations with Iran, nuclear non-proliferation
might be one of the agenda items at the meet- , cussed inconnection with the Turkish action in and the conflict in Chechnya. Clinton will visit
ing of U.S. President Bill Clinton and Russian ' Iraq, but I thinl(themention of those two sub- Ukraine as well. '.
President ,Boris Yeltsin in Moscow dllfÎ!lg the, ,jects (i.e., çyprus and Kurd.s) is an indication . Chri.st.ophe~said that Russia had to review
50th anmvèrsary of V-E Day,. accordmg to . as to how Dcli the agenda IDlghtbe, and I want itS poliCies With regards to Chechnya and the
Secretary of State Warren Christoph~r. The to emphasize that the two presidents only have gas centrifuge it is selling to Iran if it wants to
secrétàry of state said in response to a question the second day, and JX:rhapsa small part of the be welcomed 'by the G-7 countries. "The
that he didn't tlùnk Cyprus would be on the third day, ln which they miglit meet." extent to which Russia is welcomed into the
. a2enda of the Clinton-yçltsin summit. . Çhristopher added that the two presidents will, institutions of the West such as G-7 I think
will depend upon the perceptions of theif:Conduct
in matters' such as therr relationship with
Iran as well as their situation in Checfmya."
Christopher said that Clinton ''will be remmding
President Yeltsin that none of the G-7
countries feel'that it's safe to cooperate wjth
Iran on nuclear matters." , '
Secretary of Treasury Richard Rubin, speaking
at the same 'press briefing, hinted that the
reward for RUSSia'scompliance could be generous
debt scheduling"by th~G~7 countries.
,'Agreement: Turkey ," a~cord,. whi~h comes afterne':l'Iy .40 y~ars of
,. , ' ' , ' diSCUSSions, ln Ankara Esenboga airport s VIP
wIll ~ecelvenatural gas. lounge prior to the Iranian delegation's deparfromIran
worth $20 ' ture. " '..
bill' '23' , 'd The accord foresees the bUlldlnj? of a
,IOnIn . -year penQ. pipeline, called the "Tabriz-Ankara' line,
, Turkish Daily News ,which will be financed by both countries, each
ANKARA- Turkeyand Iran signed Friday a paying for the portion that is in their territory.
' $20 billionenergy agreement in Ankara under Atasoy explained that Turkey would start off
which Iran will provide natural gas toTurkey buying two billion cubic meters of Iranian gas
for 2Jyears. ' " , from 1998 to 2001. "In 2001, we will buy eight
Veysel Atasoy, Turkish.natural resource,s billion cubic meters and increase it to 10 biland
energy minister, and, Gulam 'Reza ' lion cubic meters from 2002," he said.
Agazade,' ~rani~~ ,op ministèr;signed tJ:1c The signing of the agreemcnt came nr,ly
days after the United States announcement of a
trade and investment embargo against Tehran
on grounds of Iran's alleged efforts to have
nuclear weapons and its so-called support for
international terrorism~ Washington has urged
: its allies to follow suit, butTurkey, one of its
close NATO allies, has made it clear it will not
join the embargo. .
Agazade said that Ankara and Tehran have
agreed on the feasibility of the project and on
thc construction of a pipeline; "The only issue
that we are still studymg is the pricing (of the
gas). It will be finalIzed in the next six
months," he noted.
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SATURDAY,MAY6,I995
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