Turkey's energy minister discusses LNG partnership with Novatek CEO, plans to continue diversifying energy sector

MOSCOW. Oct 16 (Interfax) - Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar met Novatek CEO Leonid Mikhelson at Russian Energy Week 2026 and discussed cooperation in the field of liquefied natural gas (LNG), supply processes and the situation on the global energy market, the minister said on social media.

"We will continue taking strategic steps which will facilitate the diversification of our country's energy sector and reinforce the reliability of fuel supplies," the message said.

Mikhelson commented on the meeting's results. "Our views on developing cooperation align in many respects. This is encouraging, and we are making some progress," he told reporters.

Turkey, which imports almost all of its gas, approximately 50 billion cubic meters per year, receives most of it via pipelines from Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran, and some in the form of LNG, from the United States and Algeria, and there have been deliveries from Russia.