Turkey and Israel will hold negotiations on gas deliveries from the Eastern Mediterranean to Europe through Turkey, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday.
Earlier in the month, Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said that gas from the Eastern Mediterranean could become an alternative to Russian supplies for the European Union, and Ankara is ready to be part of this process.
“There will be talks of our minister of energy and natural resources with Israeli officials regarding taking this step on natural gas with Israel,” Erdogan told reporters, adding that the Israeli side has expressed its readiness on the matter.
Noting that they will take steps to bring Turkish-Israeli relations to a more positive state, Erdogan said that the views on this issue are positive at the moment.
This comes after Turkish FM Mevlut Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu visited Jerusalem, where he pledged to improve ties with Israel. It became the first ever visit of a high-ranking Turkish official to the country in 15 years.
