Turkey and Turkmenistan have signed an agreement to facilitate the flow of Turkmen natural gas to Turkey, marking a significant step in energy cooperation between the two nations, Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said on Tuesday.

Turkey and Turkmenistan have signed a long-awaited agreement that will facilitate the flow of Turkmen natural gas to Turkey. The deal, under which gas should be piped from March 1, was announced by Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar on February 11.

BOTAS, Turkey’s state-owned pipeline operator, and Turkmenistan’s Turkmengaz will begin the gas flow from Turkmenistan to Turkey on March 1.

Turkmenistan has finalized an agreement to supply natural gas to Turkiye via Iran. This deal, announced in the daily Neutral Turkmenistan, is a significant regional energy cooperation milestone. Gas deliveries will begin on March 1,

Türkiye and Turkmenistan have signed an agreement to facilitate the flow of Turkmen natural gas, a key step in strengthening energy cooperation

Turkey consumes more than 50 billion cubic meters of gas per year. It relies on pipeline gas supplies from Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran, as well as LNG imports from various suppliers.

Turkmenistan has reached an agreement with the Turkish company Botaş to transit Turkmen natural gas to Türkiye through Iran via a swap arrangement, Turkmenistan’s Halk Maslahaty (People's Council) Chairman Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov said during a phone conversation with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian,