Russia Said Likely to Halt Turkey Gas-Link Talks Over Jet
- Work of Russia-Turkey intergovernmental commission suspended
- Current gas supplies to Turkey not affected, Interfax reports
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Russia is preparing to halt talks with Turkey on a gas link President Vladimir Putin proposed last year as part of retaliatory measures for the downing of one of its warplanes near the Syrian border, according to a government official in Moscow.
Russia published a decree on Tuesday banning some Turkish food imports, curbing travel to the country and suspending the work of an intergovernmental commission in charge of the link. That means the talks would likely be halted, the official with direct knowledge of the matter said, asking not to be identified as the information isn’t public.