Media: Turkey is negotiating with the United States on the purchase of LNG

ANKARA, 6 Sep – PRIME. Turkey is negotiating with the United States to purchase liquefied natural gas (LNG) to avoid problems during the winter months, the Dünya newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing sources.

“…Although there is no threat to gas supplies from Russia to Turkey yet, the problems that arose last year are also taken into account in case of an excessive increase in consumption. Sources informing Dünya said that negotiations are underway to purchase liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States “- writes the publication.

The publication claims that the number of tourists visiting Turkey during the winter months could increase significantly this year.

“On the other hand, natural gas prices in Turkey are subsidized by the state. BOTAŞ (Turkey’s state-owned company) sells expensive gas at a lower price. The deficit is covered by borrowing from the budget. As of the end of July, the debt issued by BOTAŞ exceeded 70 billion 860 million TL (nearly $4 billion) Western retirees fleeing expensive gas and gas restrictions in Europe will bask on subsidized gas in Turkey. edition.

The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has previously stated the need to introduce a price ceiling for Russian gas. At the end of August, she also announced that the EC is working on operational and longer-term measures to improve the situation against the backdrop of rising electricity prices in the EU, which mainly depend on the cost of “blue fuel”.

On September 2, the G7 finance ministers confirmed the plan to impose a price limit on Russian oil and called on “all countries” to join the initiative. Earlier, European Commissioner for the Economy Paolo Gentiloni said that the EC’s goal is to introduce a price cap in accordance with the deadlines agreed under the sixth EU sanctions package, that is, December 5, 2022 for crude oil and February 5, 2023 for petroleum products.

Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said that the idea of ​​u200bu200blimiting oil prices in Russia is completely absurd, the Russian Federation will not supply oil and oil products to those countries that support it.