Turkey warming to France as Nabucco seeks 7th partner

Turkey is leaving the door open for the involvement of France in the multi-national Nabucco project amid plans to extend its scope to include a seventh partner.

“There could be one or more partners to the project,” Energy Minister Taner Yıldız told a group of journalists Thursday in his hometown Kayseri, one day after five transit countries undersigned project support agreements with the Nabucco International company.

Turkey’s Yıldız chaired Wednesday’s committee meeting where the Nabucco consortium and government representatives discussed plans to involve additional parties.

“We will evaluate different proposals as almost every party said we need to be more flexible,” said the minister, when asked about the possibility of the French involvement.

Turkey blocked French company Gaz de France’s participation in the European Union-backed Nabucco project for political reasons. The minister’s remarks, however, show a significant shift in the Turkish position toward France.  

“I think the door is open not only to countries but also to companies,” Hungary’s National Development Minister Tamas Fellegi told the Daily News in an interview in Kayseri. He said the consortium behind the project should discuss this issue very frankly.

“I would not rule out any country just because of the basis of nationality or counter background. The Nabucco project, don’t forget, is a significant European Union project that is politically and financially supported by the EU. And France is a member of the EU,” he told the Daily News.

The idea came after some Nabucco participating states expressed intentions to involve additional parties especially from the side of gas supply countries.

“I think the participating countries should make the decision later this year,” said the Hungarian minister.

‘No financing without seeing the gas’  

Nabucco cannot be finalized without source countries, said Yıldız, adding that finding supplies was as important as securing financing for the project.

The director-generals of the European Investment Bank and the International Bank of Reconstruction and Development were also present at the signing ceremony. Yıldız said the governments sustained “necessary” conditions for the financing of the project but added that was “not sufficient.

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