GREECE TURKEY PIPELINE
March 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLFORMER enemies - Greece and Turkey - have agreed to build a Euro 250 million, 285 kilometre, gas pipeline between Komotini in Greek Thrace, with Karacabey, in Turkey, near Istanbul. The European Commission views the initiative as a key link carrying central Asian natural gas into the European Union. Gas from the project will initially reach Italy. The agreement involves cooperation between the Greek Natural Gas Company (DEPA) and Turkish gas company, BOTAS. EU energy Commissioner Loyola de Palacio hailed this "genuine commercial co-operation ...
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