Pipeline natural gas Turkish Stream cannot replace conductors Nord Streamwhich had been damaged by explosions last month, said KremlinThis is reported by the Russian news agency RIA. “They have different capabilities,” the Kremlin spokesman said. Dmitry Peskov.

According to Peskov, during today’s meeting, the Russian president and his Turkish counterpart did not discuss ways to resolve the conflict in Ukraine. “The issue of a Russian-Ukrainian settlement was not discussed,” RIA Novosti reported, citing a Kremlin spokesman.

Recall that Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier told his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan that Turkey is the most reliable route for redirecting natural gas supplies to the European Union.

The President of Russia repeated today, Thursday, during a meeting with his Turkish counterpart, the proposal he made yesterday, Wednesday, create a major gas hub in Turkeyto redirect the flows of the two Nord Stream gas pipelines there, across the Black Sea.

For his part, Mr. Erdogan has not positioned himself about his Russian counterpart’s desire to build a gas hub in Turkey.

The Turkish president limited himself to saying that Ankara could work with Moscow to export Russian grain and fertilizer to poor countries.

^{According to REUTERS}