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01 February 2012 [15:37] - Today.Az


Iran has not received any official request on the gas price lowering from Turkish Botas company, press secretary of Iran's State Gas Company Majid Burjazadeh said, Mehr reported.

Burjazadeh made a statement, commenting on recent Turkey's claims against Iran, regarding the shortage of gas supply.

Earlier, Turkey filed a lawsuit against Iran to the International Arbitration Court because of short supply of Iranian gas to the country.

In 1996, Iran and Turkey signed an agreement to supply 10 billion cubic metres of gas to Turkey annually (30 million cubic metres per day).

According to the statistic data of the Turkish State Pipeline Company Botas, Turkey imported 39.7 billion cubic meters of gas from Iran in 2011. Russia ranks first, followed by Iran and Azerbaijan among exporters of gas to Turkey.


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