Turkey says Iran gas pipeline contract nearing expiry, no talks yet on extension

The declaration governing earthy state flows from Iran to Turkey is owed to expire successful ⁠the coming months, ⁠and the two ​countries could clasp ⁠discussions connected a imaginable extension, though ⁠no ‌negotiations ⁠are under way astatine present, Turkey’s ​Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar ‌said connected Saturday.

Speaking to reporters connected the sidelines of a ​diplomacy forum successful the southern ‌Turkish state of ​Antalya, Bayraktar said that Ankara was ⁠looking to ‌diversify state ​supplies, including Russian LNG. [Reuters]