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The Grand Turk
Turkey suspended import of Iranian oil to 'respect' US sanctions - report
2019-05-24
[Rudaw] A senior Ottoman Turkish official told news hounds on Wednesday that Ankara stopped buying Iran's oil in early May out of "respect" for the United States.

"We don’t believe in sanctions, but as a strategic ally we respect the U.S. decision ... We don’t believe isolation of Iran will be helpful," Rooters quoted the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, as saying.

Ankara has abided by the sanctions since its waiver ended this month, according to official. The remarks were made during Ottoman Turkish Deputy of Foreign Affairs Yavuz Selim Kiran’s visit to Washington, D.C.

"We are not getting any oil from Iran now," the unnamed source added.

In 2017, Iran accounted for only about 4.9 percent of The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
's oil imports. Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
was first at 14 percent, followed by Iraq at 7.3 percent, and the Emirates at 5 percent, according to statistics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Posted by:trailing wife

#3  Cause the Russians offered them a better price.
Posted by: Skidmark   2019-05-24 20:52  

#2  Hey senior Turkish official - Can I interest you in buying this nice old bridge in Brooklyn?
Posted by: 3dc   2019-05-24 11:41  

#1  :Heh: Remember the columns of oil tanker trucks in northern Syria transporting ISIS oil to ,,, where? Shangri-La?
Posted by: magpie   2019-05-24 10:26  

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