Turkish FM Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu
Turkey's foreign minister criticised on Tuesday the United States' renewal of sanctions on Iran's oil and shipping industries, saying it was dangerous to isolate Iran and unfair to punish its people, Anadolu news agency reported.
Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu's comments to reporters in Japan came a day after the United States reimposed sanctions, abandoning a 2015 Iran nuclear deal, while temporarily allowing top customers including Turkey to keep buying crude from the Islamic Republic.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu meets with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on November 06, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan.
Turkish FM meets with Japanese Premier in Tokyo
Saudi Arabia should explain what happened to Khashoggi's body
Saudi Arabia bears responsibility to find out what happened to the body of Jamal Khashoggi, Çavuşoğlu said, reiterating Ankara's stance that it was not King Salman who ordered the killing.
Turkey has further information which it will share when Ankara knows for sure that the investigation has been completed, he added.
He also said it was not possible for a 15-man team to come to Turkey to kill a Saudi citizen without orders.
Turkey has said that a 15-man security team flew in hours before the killing and carried it out. All these individuals, and three others, were arrested in Saudi Arabia.
Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist and critic of Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was killed inside the Consulate of Saudi Arabia in Istanbul after he went there to obtain documents for his forthcoming marriage.
The Saudi government initially insisted Khashoggi had left the consulate, later saying he died in an unplanned "rogue operation". On Oct. 25, the kingdom's public prosecutor Saud Al Mojeb said the attack was premeditated.
Istanbul chief prosecutor Irfan Fidan said last week that Khashoggi was suffocated as soon as he entered the consulate, and his body then cut up and disposed of. Turkey has demanded cooperation from Saudi officials.
Britain and Canada said Monday that establishing what happened to murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi remains an “urgent need”.In a phone call, UK Prime Minister Theresa May and her Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau discussed Saudi Arabia and the “appalling” murder of Khashoggi, agreeing there was an urgent need to establish what happened and for those responsible to be held to account, said a statement from Downing Street.Khashoggi, a Saudi national and columnist for The Washington Post, disappeared on Oct. 2 after entering the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul to receive paperwork he needed to get married.Once inside, he was immediately strangled and then dismembered, according to the Istanbul Prosecutor’s office.The British government’s statement said May and Trudeau also agreed that the international community should continue to press for a “thorough, credible and transparent investigation by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia”.After days of denying any knowledge of Khashoggi’s whereabouts, Saudi Arabian officials said he died in a “brawl” in the consulate but later admitted that he was killed there.May and Trudeau also discussed Yemen and agreed on the pressing need to alleviate the humanitarian situation and reach a political solution. “We supported the U.S. call for de-escalation in Yemen, noting that it must be underpinned by a political deal between the conflict parties,” said May.The UK, France and Germany alongside numerous other countries have condemned the murder of Khashoggi.Saudis sent 'clean-up' team to Turkey after Khashoggi killing, official saysUS condemns Khashoggi killing, tells UN an investigation is essential‘Turkey looks for person who ordered Khashoggi killing’
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U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he is cautious about the effects his sanctions will have on global oil markets, saying the penalties will be imposed gradually."I don’t want to drive the oil prices in the world up," he said addressing reporters shortly after the U.S. reinstated all of the sanctions it lifted as part of a nuclear accord world powers struck with Iran."I’m not looking to be a great hero and bring it down to zero immediately," he said, referring to global imports of Iranian oil. "I could get the Iran oil down to zero immediately, but it would cause a shock to the market. I don’t want to lift oil prices."The U.S. earlier announced that eight countries -- China, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Turkey -- are being granted temporary six month waivers from the economic penalties targeting imports of Iranian crude. Iran is OPEC's third largest oil exporter.US's Bolton says more sanctions on Iran comingSenior official says Iran not concerned about reimposed US sanctionsSecretary of State Mike Pompeo said the exemptions are intended to ensure oil markets continue to be well-supplied.Pompeo said each country which received waivers “has already demonstrated significant reductions of the purchase of Iranian crude over the past six months," adding two of the eight have reduced imports of Iranian crude to zero."We continue negotiations to get all of the nations to zero," he said.Trump unilaterally withdrew the U.S. from the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action in May, setting the stage for Washington to reimpose all of the sanctions it lifted as part of the agreement.All of the other signatories -- China, the European Union, France, Germany, Iran, Russia and the United Kingdom -- have remained in the deal.The accord provided Iran with billions of dollars in relief from international sanctions in exchange for sweeping curbs on and inspections of its nuclear program.Airbus China CEO says 'no winner' from US-China trade war
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