Russia is ready to supply gas to South and Southeast Europe via Turkey, the country's President Vladimir Putin said during the telephone conversation with the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
"If our partners have a desire, we will be ready to deliver gas over the territory of Turkey to South and Southeast Europe," TASS cited Putin as saying.
"I assure you we will decently present your interests also because our interests fully coincide in this case," the Russian President assured Erdogan.
While noting that serious progress on the project has been reached, Putin stressed that the sides "have yet to agree on several more issues - the pipeline’s entry point, its passages through the Turkish territory and issues of complying with environmental security."
"But if we continue making headway at this pace, we will fulfill all our plans," Putin stressed.
He also noted that next year the first leg of the pipeline will be ready, and the second leg is expected to be built in late 2019.
