Şerko Cevdet, the head of the KRG’s energy commission, told state-run Anadolu Agency that recently published Russian satellite images showed tankers carrying oil from the Kurdish region to Ceyhan in southern Turkey.
On Dec. 2, Russian Defense Ministry officials published images that they claimed showed tanker trucks transporting oil from ISIL-controlled installations in Syria and Iraq to Turkey via Kurdish areas.
- According to Cevdet, however, it is impossible to transport oil from ISIL-held areas to Turkey via the Kurdish region.
- “The KRG exports its oil via pipelines and tankers to Turkey for sale to buyers around the world. The Russian satellite images showed these tankers,” he said.
Tension has mounted between Ankara and Moscow since Nov. 24, when Turkey shot down a Russian warplane on the grounds of an airspace violation.
Since then, Moscow has imposed a series of economic sanctions on Turkey, while Russian President Vladimir Putin has alleged that Turkey was buying oil from ISIL.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has vigorously denied Putin’s claims, vowing to step down if the allegations are proven true and calling on Putin to do the same if they are proven false.
[Anadolu Agency]
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4/12/15
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