Iraq/Syria: Senior MP: Purchase of Iraq's Oil from ISIL Harms Turkey's Ties with Producers

Oct 20, 2014 | FARS News Agency
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"The Turkish government's purchase of Iraq's crude from the ISIL at a rate one-third of the market prices will harm its relations with the oil producing countries," member of the parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Ebrahim Aqamohammadi told reporters on Monday.He said Iranian officials have supported the Turkish statesmen under different conditions, but "if we feel that this help will damage our national interests we will surely reconsider our relations".Aqamohammadi pointed to the negative impacts of Turkey's behavior on its ties with not just Iran, but all the other crude producing countries, and said, "If Turkey continues to purchase Iraq's oil at one third of its actual price from ISIL, its relations with its neighbors will be severely affected."