Turkey refused to Ukraine in the passage of tankers with LNG through the Bosphorus
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The Turkish ambassador to Ukraine, Yonet Jan Tezel, said that official Ankara is not ready to give its consent to the passage through the Bosphorus of liquefied natural gas tankers for Ukraine. It is reported by the news agency TASS with reference to the Ukrainian resource Ukrinform.
Tezel said that the passage of tankers with dangerous cargo could harm the environment of Istanbul, because such transit is fraught with significant risks.
Turkish Ambassador to Ukraine:
The passage of LNG tankers through the Bosphorus is a problematic issue. First of all, we are talking about security in an already fairly busy and narrow strait. Istanbul is a densely populated city, and LNG tankers are much larger than oil. In case of accidents, and they already happened with oil tankers, the consequences for the population and Istanbul will be devastating. We would also answer any other neighbor in the Black Sea who would contact us about the passage of LNG tankers through the Bosphorus.
This statement was made immediately after the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine announced that they were negotiating with Turkey about the passage of tankers with liquefied natural gas through the straits, which Ankara owns.
It should be recalled that Ukraine was going to invest about 113 million euros for the construction of an LNG terminal. Now this project hangs in the air.
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