Turkey will begin supplying two million cubic meters of natural gas per day to the Republic of Moldova from October, Turkey’s Anadolu news agency reported on Thursday, the second such deal announced by Ankara in as many days, Reuters reported.

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Turkey, which has low gas reserves for its own consumption but has a large infrastructure to import liquefied natural gas (LNG), wants to be an alternative supplier to smaller gas markets in southeastern Europe.

On Wednesday, BOTAȘ, Turkey’s national oil and gas company, signed an agreement to supply up to 1.5 billion cubic meters of gas to Romania’s OMW Petrom in a deal that runs until the first quarter of 2025.

Turkey also signed supply agreements with Bulgaria and Hungary this year.

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