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Minister: Turkey doesn't sell oil to Israel

July 21, 2014 at 2:10 pm

Turkey’s Energy Minister Taner Yildiz denied media reports that his country sells jet fuel and gas to Israel, World Bulletin quoted him saying yesterday.

In press statemente Yildiz said: “Israel’s occupation of Gaza is a serious obstacle to the development of energy projects in the East Mediterranean region.”

He admitted that a number of firms use Turkey as a transit route for transporting oil to Israel.