以色列同土耳其深化能源合作

Israel and Turkey agreed to deepen cooperation in the energy sector on Thursday, taking a further step towards normalizing ties with the first Israeli ministerial visit to Turkey since a breakdown six years ago.Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz said he would welcome more involvement by Turkish firms in the Israeli energy sector, particularly in gas exploration, and said ‘detailed dialogue’ between the two governments would begin in the coming months.After meeting in Istanbul with his Turkish counterpart Berat Albayrak, who is President Tayyip Erdogan’s son-in-law, Steinitz said the two had discussed the possibility of building a natural gas pipeline from Israel to Turkey.’I was a great proponent of the normalization of ties between Israel and Turkey, and the meeting today is the beginning,’ Steinitz said. ‘The result, the economic results, should be to the benefit of people of Turkey and Israel.’