ANKARA, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Turkey agreed on Wednesday to sell electricity to its western neighbor of Greece for three months, Turkey's energy minister said.

    Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Hilmi Guler and Greek Development Minister Christos Folias signed the deal on Wednesday on the sidelines of an energy forum in Turkey's largest city of Istanbul, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.

    The Turkish energy minister was quoted as saying that his country would begin sending electricity totalling 200 megawatt to Greece by the end of July.