“Energy diplomacy has begun to bear fruit.

An agreement has been signed with Oman on the purchase of 1.4 billion cubic meters of LNG per year within ten years, ”TASS quoted him as saying.

Donmez added that Turkey's goal is to become an international gas hub.

At the end of December, the head of Gazprom, Alexei Miller, said that Russia and Turkey had already begun to work on the implementation of the project to create a gas hub.

Later, Donmez said that Ankara hopes to start operating the gas hub project in 2023.