Erdogan: The reason for cutting Iranian gas exports to Turkey was not debt – Mehr News Agency | Iran and world’s news
According to the Mehr news agency, quoting Anatoly, the Turkish president said in a speech that the reason for the suspension of Iranian gas exports to Turkey was not the accumulation of debt.
«Rajab Tayyab “Turkey has no debt to Iran and the allegations are false,” Erdogan said in a televised interview on Wednesday night.
It is worth mentioning that the National Iranian Gas Company had announced at the beginning of February: due to a gas leak at the Bazargan station, gas exports to Turkey have decreased and will be suspended for a short time until the problems are resolved.
According to the National Iranian Gas Company, due to a gas leak at the Bazargan station from two insulated connections and the standard working conditions at the station were disrupted, gas exports to Turkey have decreased and will be suspended for a short time until the problems are resolved. Came.
As soon as the incident occurred, the matter was immediately reported to the Turkish side and the conditions for the presence of Turkish representatives at the station were provided in a quick coordination.
According to the report, despite unsafe working conditions in terms of safety standards and the need for rapid and emergency repair of defective parts, the flow of gas exports was maintained by controlling operating conditions and continuous monitoring of leaks and pressure control.
However, despite the fact that Iran continues to maintain the flow of exports, due to a technical problem at the Turkish pressure boosting station, the country is not able to receive gas at the moment.
Also, an informed source in an interview with Mehr, referring to the issues raised regarding the export of Iranian gas to Turkey, said: “About 15-10 days ago, due to a gas leak in the Iranian gas pipeline at the zero point of the border with Turkey, we announced that this The pipeline is leaking and they should also send their inspectors to the area to check the situation.
He continued: “According to the standards between International The gas should have been cut off immediately, but this was not done at the request of the company بوتاش Turkey, we reduced the volume of gas but did not cut it.
He said: “Unfortunately, we were informed that the gas pressure boosting station on Turkish soil also has technical problems and can not inject the required gas into the pipeline across the border, but still due to the severe cold wave in the region and at the request of the Turks.” The gas was not cut off. Finally, in the last one or two days, due to a technical problem and the reduction of gas volume and the problem of increasing Turkish pressure, the entry of gas into Turkish pipelines was stopped, but today, with the relative elimination of the problem, gas exports to Turkey have resumed.
He continued: “In the current situation, it has been decided to send a small amount of gas to this country at the request of Turkey, and we will definitely have to cut off the gas after passing this cold wave so that the pipeline can be repaired both in Iran and there.” Towards the border, the Turks will be able to solve the problem of their gas booster station, after which these problems will be exported to Turkey again with the specified volume of gas specified in the contract.