/ world today news/ The president of Turkey, Recep Erdogan, said that he is ready to resign if the allegations that Turkey bought oil from the terrorist Islamic group “Islamic State” are confirmed.
He called such claims “immoral”. “We are not so dishonest as to buy oil from terrorists. If such a thing is proven, I will leave my post. If there is any evidence, let them show it so we can see it,” he said, quoted by TASS. “I speak completely directly. If such facts are confirmed, I will not remain in my post. At the same time, I ask the respected Putin, will he remain in his position”. This was stated by Erdogan to journalists in Paris on the occasion of statements by the Russian leadership that Turkey is connected to the smuggling of oil from IS-controlled areas in Syria with the financing of terrorists.
BGNES recalls that Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that Turkey shot down the Russian military plane to protect the Islamic State’s oil trade. “Russia has every reason to believe that the Russian Su-24 was shot down to ensure supplies of illegal oil from Syria to Turkey,” said Putin, who added that the financing of terrorists in Syria continues. “We are now receiving additional data that confirms that from the oil fields controlled by IS, this oil on an industrial scale is entering “Turkey,” he said. According to him, the oil is transported to the ports from where it is loaded on tankers. “The protection of the (Syrian) Turkmen is only a pretext,” Putin is convinced.
Paris / France
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