Turkey already has a natural gas pipeline network capable of carrying Russian and Azeri gas to Europe.
Under the EastMed project, the gas will be transported by an undersea pipeline to the Greek island of Crete and then to the mainland Greece to reach Italy, which makes the project not only costly, but also technically challenging.
"Unless transported via Turkey, it is not possible for the eastern Mediterranean natural gas to compete with the Russian gas in the European market in terms of price," said Pamir.
"Besides, the gas reserves so far discovered (by Cyprus and Israel) are not so rich as to make the construction of the costly EastMed pipeline feasible."
Amid rising tension with litoral states, Turkey signed in November a controversial maritime boundary memorandum with Libya's U.N.-recognized Government of National Accord.
The memorandum, which Athens claims to be legally invalid, not only partly covers some area also claimed by Greece, but also intersects the route of the EastMed pipeline project.
Even Egypt could be persuaded into cooperation if Turkey would "change its discourse in foreign policy," Pamir said.
The recent deployment of Turkish troops in the war-torn Libya to support the U.N.-backed government has further strained Turkey's ties with Egypt which backs the rival faction in Libya.
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