Turkey and Russia work on setting up a gas hub, which may be built in Turkish Thrace, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a televised interview with the A Haber channel on Wednesday.
"As for the gas center, our Energy and Natural Resource Ministry is currently conducting comprehensive research along with [Russian] partners after our meeting with Mr. [Russian President Vladimir] Putin. According to preliminary estimates, Thrace could be a suitable location," the Turkish leader said.
In case of the start of food supplies from Russian ports, Russia and Turkey may start sending them to Djibouti, Somalia and Sudan, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in an interview with A Haber TV channel on Wednesday.
"If you show an unfavorable approach to the head of a state like Russia, he too will take a stance in order not to be oppressed. If you are attacked as a leader, you will not accept it. That is exactly what Mr. Putin did," President Erdogan said.
According to Erdogan, all parties, including Russia and Ukraine, have taken a positive approach in resolving the problems surrounding the grain deal.
