Article: Why? So as to fill a geopolitical vacuum which the end of the Cold War created in the Balkans. And to try to connect the two geographically separate wings of NATO – Turkey to Italy – via the so-called “Green Interstate” (see the map).
Azerbaijan Can Sell 1.5 BCM Gas A Year To Greece By 2007
Tzohadzopoulos said Germany , France and other European countries are bound to be interested, as they can meet only 20-30% of their local demand, having to import the rest from Russia , which can now be replaced by Azeri gas.
That is the name of the "Great Game" is it not? More Reading.
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On March 28 , Greece and Turkey signed a $300-million deal to extend an Iranian natural gas pipeline from Turkey into Greece
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Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis said last week Greece would invest $14.5 billion to modernize its energy networks to become the "energy hub of the Balkans.
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From article: But there was one morsel of truth in his OpEd piece which was worth more than all the hate and racism that comprised the rest of it. Brzezeinski admittd that "the West has strategic as well as humanitarian reasons to care what happens in Chechnya."
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