US presses Azerbaijan, Turkey on gas transit deal - AFP

BAKU — A senior US envoy urged Azerbaijan and Turkey on Wednesday to sign a long-awaited deal he said was crucial for retaining confidence in Western plans to reduce Europe's dependence on Russian gas.

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Richard Morningstar said the signing of a deal, which has been two years in the making, would be essential to boost confidence in the European Union's ambitious Southern Corridor plan to bypass Russia in bringing Caspian Sea gas through Turkey to Europe. Richard Morningstar said the signing of a deal, which has been two years in the making, would be essential to boost confidence in the European Union's ambitious Southern Corridor plan to bypass Russia in bringing Caspian Sea gas through Turkey to Europe. "We are encouraged by the recent progress in negotiations between Turkey and Azerbaijan," Morningstar, US Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Issues, said at a conference on Caspian Sea energy development in the Azerbaijani capital Baku.

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