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Turkey and Russia move closer to building strategic partnership

11:31 15/01/2010

Turkey and Russia have come closer to building a strategic partnership by agreeing to deepen cooperation in the area of energy and work on a plan to lift visa requirements for their citizens.

Turkey aspires to become a key transit hub for Europe, but is facing a tough balancing game between rival projects supported by Moscow and the European Union. It insists South Stream and Nabucco are not rivals.

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