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Bosphorus bridge: Turkey has so far blocked the signing of a legal agreement on Nabucco (Photo: EUobserver)

Turkey gives green light to EU gas pipeline deal

Turkey will host the signing of an inter-governmental agreement on the EU-backed Nabucco gas pipeline on 13 July, in a major breakthrough for the long-delayed project aimed at reducing Europe's gas reliance on Russia.

"I can confirm that the European Commission has received an invitation to the signing ceremony of the inter-governmental agreement on the Nabucco pipeline on 13 July in Ankara," commission spokesman Ferran Tarradellas said at a press conference on Friday (3 July).

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Bosphorus bridge: Turkey has so far blocked the signing of a legal agreement on Nabucco (Photo: EUobserver)

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