A government source turkish reveals the background to the signing of South Stream
"The prime minister called, wanted to attend the ceremony. Putin and Erdogan smile
ISTANBUL - When Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has described as "a great success of Italian diplomacy 'the agreement signed yesterday between Turkey and Russia over South Stream pipeline, the government in Ankara was not a little surprised. This was revealed by a government source told Reuters Erdogan, which today gives the reconstruction of the bizarre "intrusion" Berlusconi in the signing ceremony.
agreements between Moscow and Ankara for Russian gas to pass through Turkish waters of the Black Sea to Europe were "already been taken - the source tells Reuters - when the turkish government has received an unexpected request last minutes by Berlusconi who wanted to attend the signing ceremony "of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and the turkish Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara. The source adds that it has created "a certain surprise" when we realized that Berlusconi wanted to claim the agreement as a personal success.
"It 's the kind of thing that can cause a diplomatic problem - the source says Turkish - But as it was Berlusconi, ha solo fatto sorridere i due leader". La Reuters cita anche il sito del governo italiano che riporta la dichiarazione secondo cui il progetto South Stream รจ "un successo personale del primo ministro italiano". Per i turchi, una vera "esagerazione".
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