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Turkish PM says wants Nabucco transport Iranian gas

Mon Jul 13, 2009 3:55am EDT

ANKARA, July 13 (Reuters) - Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday Turkey wants Iranian gas to be transported to Europe via the planned Nabucco pipeline "when conditions allow".

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Transit agreements for the European Union and the United States-backed Nabuco pipeline will be signed in Ankara. The U.S. opposes including Iran in the project.

Erdogan said Qatar can take a major role in the project through a liquified natural gas terminal in Turkey and he believes Russian gas can be transported to the European markets via Nabucco. (Reporting by Thomas Grove and Orhan Coskun)

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