Turkey risked to be named on U.S. sanctions list
Turkey is still risked to get a waiver over sanctions which the United States plans to implement on countries buying oil from Iran, Reuters reported. Although not being named on a list of exempted nations released by Washington, Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said on Wednesday.
"Turkey's absence from the United States waiver list regarding the Iran issue doesn't mean it will not be included," Yildiz told reporters at an energy conference in Ankara.
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan plans to raise the issue with U.S. President Barack Obama during a nuclear security summit in South Korea later this month, Turkish officials told Reuters.
Turkey imports around 200,000 barrels per day of oil from Iran, representing over 7 percent of Iran's oil exports. Yildiz said Turkey would continue to buy oil from Iran until existing contracts expire.