Turkish energy minister says agreement reached with Russia on deferral of gas payments

Türkiye has agreed with Russia’s Gazprom to defer part of payments for natural gas supplied to it, Turkish Energy Minister Fatih Donmez said on Haber Global TV channel, Report informs referring to TASS.

“Last year we held talks with Gazprom and reached agreements due to the fact that gas prices jumped sharply and unpredictably. This was done in coordination with our Ministry of Finance. This practice was in the past in our trade relations, and now we proposed to review payments,” the minister said. But he didn’t confirm that in the context of negotiations with the Russian Federation, deferring payments in the amount of $20 billion was discussed, as reported by some users of social networks.

Donmez added that “relations with Russia are developing at the highest level, not only in the field of natural gas, but also in the field of nuclear energy.”