Deal to boost key EU gas project - by Oana Lungescu
The EU has signed an energy agreement with several countries aimed at developing a "southern corridor" for gas supplies bypassing Russia. The agreement was signed by the leaders of Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey and Egypt at a summit in Prague. It commits them to speeding up the construction of a long-delayed pipeline to bring Caspian gas to Central Europe. Key to this meeting was a commitment by Turkey's President Abdullah Gul to sign up to an agreement on the construction of the Nabucco gas pipeline by next month. In a symbolic gesture, the agreement is to be signed in Turkey, after years of haggling over transit rules.
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