“Without doubt, NATO would suffer from weakness without Turkey,” Stoltenberg told German newspaper Welt am Sonntag in an interview posted online on April 29. “Turkey is a key country for the security of Europe,” he stressed. Stoltenberg said Turkey has made huge contributions to NATO missions in Kosovo, Afghanistan and the Mediterranean Sea. Source Turkey
German company ADL and Iran’s Sepahan Oil Company (SOC) have signed an agreement to cooperate in technology transfer in oil and gas industry lubricants. Source: Oil Price
Russia has moved one step closer to seeing its controversial Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline become a reality. On Wednesday, the consortium managing the pipeline said that it has all of the Russian permits needed for installation. Source: Oil Price
Turkey on Friday threatened to respond if the United States levied further sanctions over the detention of an American pastor which has sparked a diplomatic standoff and battered the Turkish currency. Source: Agence France Presse
