Tuesday 27 March 2012

S.Africa says has suspended Iran oil imports

Thu Mar 22, 2012
http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFL6E8EM8QM20120322

PRETORIA, March 22 (Reuters) - South Africa has suspended almost all of its oil imports from Iran and intends to abide by a U.S. request to significantly drop its supplies from the state, a senior diplomat said on Thursday.

"(To my knowledge), no Iranian oil is flowing into our country," deputy foreign minister Ebrahim Ebrahim told a news conference.

"If there is any, it is very little."
South Africa is on a State Department list of 12 countries that buy Iranian oil and could be subject to U.S. sanctions unless they significantly cut purchases. (Reporting by Jon Herskovitz, editing by Ed Stoddard)

No comments:

Post a Comment