“As for the gas hub, this is an absolutely open idea.

We hope that it will be implemented, ”RIA Novosti quotes him.

According to Grushko, the gas hub will be in the interests of both producing countries and consumers.

He also recalled that many Western countries are talking about the so-called green transition, however, it cannot be carried out at the same speed and in such volumes as the “dreamers of a carbon-free world” would like.

Earlier, the head of Gazprom, Alexei Miller, said that the discussion of issues related to the creation of a gas hub in Turkey is the main result of his visit to Istanbul.

In November, Russian leader Vladimir Putin discussed with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan the details of creating a gas hub in Turkey.