ANKARA, 13 June (BelTA - Anadolu Agency) -Opening ceremony for Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline project to be held in Eskisehir province on June 12.
TANAP was opened by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, and Mustafa Akinci, president of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
Speaking at the ceremony, Erdogan called TANAP the fruit of the shared vision of the countries involved in the project and said it would pave the way for similar future projects.
Noting TANAP's starting capacity of 16 billion cubic meter (bcm) of natural gas, he said 6 billion of that will go to Turkey, while 10 billion will go to Europe.
Erdogan said first gas delivery to the Greek border is set for June 2019.
