Ankara will continue to permit Turkish companies to sell gasoline to Iran, despite US sanctions against fuel exports to Islamic regime, Reuters reported on Wednesday.Nothing?
“If the preference of the private sector is to sell these products to Iran, we will help them,” said Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz.
Tupras, Turkey’s sole oil refiner and gasoline exporter, expressed little fear of retribution from US Treasury officials who have the power to ban sanctions violators from accessing the US banking system or receiving US contracts.
“For us, Iran is more important than America because we get crude oil from them. We don’t get anything from America,” a Tupras official was quoted as saying.
Well, that's not exactly accurate now, is it.
According to the Federation of American Scientists:
Arms imports* | Grant Aid | Direct Loans** | |
FY80 | $136 million | $202.9 million | $0 |
FY81 | $109 million | $250 million | $0 |
FY82 | $197.6 million | $343 million | $0 |
FY83 | $155.1 million | $290 million | $0 |
FY84 | $327.4 million | $585 million | $0 |
FY85 | $423.4 million | $485 million | $0 |
FY86 | $303.7 million | $409.4 million | $0 |
FY87 | $332.9 million | $177.9 million | $0 |
FY88 | $735.5 million | $156 million | $178 million |
FY89 | $961.8 million | $340.7 million | $90 million |
FY90 | $943.0 million | $412.2 million | $85.6 million |
FY91 | $697 million | $500 million | $100 million |
FY92 | $741 million | $475 million | $25 million |
FY93 | $878.7 million | $0 | $450 million |
FY94 | $951.8 million | $0 | $405 million |
FY95 | $536.9 million | $0 | $328 million |
FY96 | $547 million | $0 | $320 million |
FY97 | $1.27 billion | $0 | $175 million |
FY98 | $1.01 billion | $0 | $0 |
FY99 | $1.56 billion | $0 | $0 |
Total | $11.551 billion | $4.627 billion | $1.982 billion |
According to the fine print after the chart: "As of 30 September 1997, Turkey had $3.954 billion in outstanding and undispersed military loans from the U.S."
How much of that $4billion do you think Turkey has paid back in the past 11 years?
More recently, there are reports that U.S. eyes more support for Turkey's fight against PKK
But that's OK.
I'm sure that Turkey can handle those terrorists on their own.
Hat tip: Contentions
Technorati Tag: Turkey and Iran.
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