Energy
Turkey Seeks US Sanctions Waiver to Continue Russia Gas Flow
- Minister says sanctions on Gazprombank mean Turkey can’t pay
- Russian officials visit Ankara to discuss payment alternatives
A Gazprombank branch in Moscow.
Source: Bloomberg
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Turkey is in talks with the US over a sanctions waiver that would allow the country to keep using Russia’s Gazprombank to pay for natural gas imports.
Without an exemption, “we won’t be able to pay Russia,” Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar told reporters late Monday. “If we can’t pay, we can’t buy the goods.”