“We have told them we will not join these sanctions,” said Cavusoglu, recalling a visit by U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorist Financing Marshall Billingslea to Ankara last week.

“We buy oil from Iran and we purchase it in proper conditions. What is the other option?” Cavusoglu said Turkish authorities told the U.S. delegation, as quoted by daily Cumhuriyet on July 24 at a round table with journalists.

“While we are explaining why we will not obey these sanctions, we have also expressed that we do not find these U.S. sanctions appropriate,” the minister also said.

He also stressed Turkey is willing to reconcile its ties with the EU in the upcoming period and is planning to hold tripartite meetings with prominent European countries like France.

“We will make further efforts to resolve problems,” said the Turkish FM, pointing at the neighboring countries, such as the reconstruction of Iraq.

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