ISTANBUL - Turkish Energy & Natural Resources Ministry as well as Iranian Ministries of Petroleum and Energy released a joint statement following the meetings chaired by Turkish President Abdullah Gul and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Istanbul on Thursday.
The statement reminded that Turkey and Iran held various meetings and signed several documents in 2007-2008 as being aware of the importance of energy sector in their economic development.
"Parties have reiterated at the highest level their desire on further developing projects and activities in the framework of their ongoing cooperation in the fields of natural gas and electricity. In this framework, they have exchanged views and information on various energy projects being carried out to benefit of both countries and agreed to support the projects, as one of the options, that would make possible the transportation of natural gas from neighboring countries of Iran to Turkey through Iranian territory," said the statement.
The statement also said, "Turkey and Iran have also noted with satisfaction and expressed their support for the ongoing studies performed by their relevant competent institutions and authorities and progress achieved in this respect on the improvement of the electricity interconnections and electricity trade between their countries as well as the construction of hydro and natural gas power plants."
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