“The most suitable place for the center is Thrace ... There can be no question of any delays, our comrades will hold the necessary negotiations and immediately begin work.

All necessary measures will be taken on the issue of ensuring security, we are carrying out preliminary work in this direction, ”TASS quoted him as saying.

Erdogan noted that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin have already instructed the energy ministers to start the relevant work.

Earlier it was reported that Putin discussed during a meeting with Erdogan in Astana the issue of creating a gas hub in Turkey for Europe.

On October 12, the Russian president proposed creating the largest gas hub for Europe in Turkey, moving the volume of gas lost due to the emergency at Nord Stream to the Black Sea region.