Iraq: EU Ambassador to Iraq Accuses European Countries of Purchasing Oil from Islamic State

Sep 3, 2014 | Middle East Monitor
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The European Union Ambassador in Iraq, Jana Hybášková, has accused some European countries of purchasing oil from the Islamic State, or IS,Anadolu news agency reported.

Hybášková's remarks came during a speech on Tuesday before the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs, during which she refused to disclose the identities of those EU member states that fund the radical organisation by purchasing oil from it, despite pressing questions from several deputies who requested to know.