Turkey has ordered five cargoes of liquefied natural gas imports from Qatar worth $350 million due to expected cold weather in the coming days, Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said Thursday.
Turkey
has
ordered five cargoes of liquefied natural gas imports from
Qatar
worth
$350 million due to expected cold weather in the coming days, Energy Minister
Taner Yildiz said Thursday.
Mr. Yildiz told reporters at a news conference that
Turkey
now
doesn't need to increase or reduce its crude oil imports from
Iran
.
Turkey
's
reliance on Iranian oil has dropped from depending on it for more than half its
needs to 15% this year because of sanctions on the Middle Eastern country.
Recently,
Iran
and
six world powers made an interim agreement which provides modest sanctions
relief in exchange for
Iran
freezing parts of its nuclear program that the West suspects are aimed at
making a nuclear weapon.
Mr. Yildiz said he expects
Turkey
's
gold for energy exchange program with
Iran
to
begin again once the sanctions are lifted and normal relations resume.
Last year,
Turkey
's
government exported huge amounts of gold to pay
Iran
for
natural gas and oil, bypassing the sanctions designed to prevent
Iran
from
receiving payments under the international financial system.
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