ANKARA (A.A) - Turkish Energy and Natural Resources MinisterTaner Yildiz has said he was scheduled to participate in a meeting of theEuropean Union energy ministers on September 6-7 in Brussels.Yildiz told reporters on Tuesday he would hold a series of contacts duringhis stay in a bid to win support for the opening of the EU policy chapter onenergy in Turkey's membership talks.Yildiz said Turkey's performance grew noticeably better in achieving EUcriteria in energy issues specifically with the Nabucco natural gas pipelineproject.The Nabucco pipeline is a joint project undertaken by Austria, Turkey,Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary, which will carry the Caspian natural gas toAustria through territories of participating countries. The project aims toreduce Europe's energy dependence on Russia.Shareholders of Nabucco Project are Botas (Turkey), Bulgarian Energy Holding(Bulgaria), MOL (Hungary), OMV (Austria), RWE (Germany) and Transgaz (Romania).(İMB-CE)