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Sunday 06 Dec 2015 - 16:05 Makkah mean time-24-2-1437
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Ankara (IINA) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the rift between Turkey and Russia over the downing of a Russian fighter jet for violating Turkish airspace would not harm the construction of Akkuyu nuclear power plant, Anadolu Agency reported.
"There is no indication that mega projects or large scale energy infrastructure projects will be halted or paused," Erdogan said.
Russian state atomic energy corporation Rosatom will build Turkey’s first nuclear power plant at a cost of $20 billion in the southern province of Mersin on the Mediterranean coast.
Erdogan added that the Turkish Stream pipeline project, which was planned to carry Russian natural gas to Europe through Turkey, was not halted by the Russian side, but it was halted by Turkish authorities on account of failing to meet Ankara’s demands.
Additionally, he underlined that Turkey may be in need of natural gas and oil but Moscow was not its only option. "Besides Russia, Turkey has natural gas agreements with Iran, Azerbaijan, Nigeria, Qatar, and Algeria," he said, adding that in addition to natural gas, Turkey has oil deals with Iran and Saudi Arabia.
Erdogan also said that despite Turkey's dependency on natural gas to generate power, the country is currently able to deploy alternative natural resources in order to generate electricity through wind, solar, thermal and hydro energy.
Following the downing of the jet on November 24, Russia has announced sanctions against Turkey, with Russian President Vladimir Putin levelling accusations against the Turkish president and threatening that Ankara would regret shooting down the jet.
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