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This did not violate US and EU sanctions' but we are surprised!
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[FT]
"Iraq is quietly shipping vital supplies of fuel
oil to Syria in a deal that has triggered concern in Washington ....Nouri al-Maliki’s Baghdad government agreed in June to
supply 720,000 tons of fuel oil to Syria in monthly shipments as part of a
one-year, renewable supply contract, according to commercial documents seen by
the Financial Times.The revelations come a month after US officials
complained publicly that Baghdad was allowing aircraft carrying Iranian arms to
fly over its territory en route to Syria. A state
department official said the fuel shipment did not violate US and EU sanctions
but he indicated surprise at Iraq’s involvement..... “
Perceptions
matter, so we encourage countries trading with Syria to be open about their
legal and non-sanctionable exchanges,” a US state department official said. “If
this is going to continue, we think the Iraqis should be up front about
it.”......
Iraq offered Syria a discount of 50 per cent below the market
price, plus a $5 discount per metric ton, according to the contract. Syria paid
$505.909 per ton for the fuel, compared with today’s market price of $800 per
ton...."
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