The overarching theme of Italian, Russian and Turkish Premiers’ talks will be South Stream gas main construction. Russian and Italian Premiers Vladimir Putin and Silvio Berlsuconi (currently on a working visit to Moscow) will discuss the issues related to South Stream construction over the phone with their Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Earlier, in the course of the phone conversation with Dmitry Medvedev, Turkish President Abdullah Gul underlined that Turkish government has already made the relevant decision enabling Gazprom experts to carry out geological works in the Turkish shore of Black sea.