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The U.S Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had apologised to Turkey with a written statement over their claims of allegedly revealing Turkey's oil trade with Daesh, Daily Sabah learned from diplomatic sources on Dec 16.
According to the high level diplomatic sources the incident happened on Sept 2014 at the U.N Security Council meetings in New York. During U.S Secretary of State John Kerry's meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu in Sept. 2014 Kerry implied that the US had documents which proved Turkey's alleged oil trade with Daesh. The Turkish delegation requested the documents immediately from the U.S delegation, but the U.S side only delivered the documents in January 2015, following constants reminders from Turkey.
After a careful examination of the CIA's documents, the Turkish National Intelligence Agency (MIT) officials revealed that the geographic locations in the document, which allegedly showed where Daesh's oil trade had taken place with Turkey, in fact showed the asphalt plant of Turkey's Kilis municipality in South-eastern Turkey. Diplomatic sources also added that following this incident the U.S officials accepted their mistake and the CIA apologised to Turkey in early 2015.
Even though Turkey is a member of the anti-Daesh global coalition, allegations that Turkey has been smuggling oil with Daesh are occasionally made in the international press. In 2014 and early 2015 several U.S media outlets presented this allegation, but when the Russian Federation started to use the same allegations against Turkey following the Russian jet crisis in Nov 2015, US officials categorically rejected the claims.
"We reject the premise that the Turkish government is in league with Daesh to smuggle oil. We have seen no evidence to support such an accusation. In fact, Daesh oil smuggling has decreased over time due to the efforts of the Turks and other counter- Daesh coalition members to target oil extraction and transportation infrastructure," U.S. Ambassador to Turkey John Bass said in a written statement on Jan. 28.
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http://www.dailysabah.com/americas/...turkey-over-false-allegations-regarding-daesh
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According to the high level diplomatic sources the incident happened on Sept 2014 at the U.N Security Council meetings in New York. During U.S Secretary of State John Kerry's meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu in Sept. 2014 Kerry implied that the US had documents which proved Turkey's alleged oil trade with Daesh. The Turkish delegation requested the documents immediately from the U.S delegation, but the U.S side only delivered the documents in January 2015, following constants reminders from Turkey.
After a careful examination of the CIA's documents, the Turkish National Intelligence Agency (MIT) officials revealed that the geographic locations in the document, which allegedly showed where Daesh's oil trade had taken place with Turkey, in fact showed the asphalt plant of Turkey's Kilis municipality in South-eastern Turkey. Diplomatic sources also added that following this incident the U.S officials accepted their mistake and the CIA apologised to Turkey in early 2015.
Even though Turkey is a member of the anti-Daesh global coalition, allegations that Turkey has been smuggling oil with Daesh are occasionally made in the international press. In 2014 and early 2015 several U.S media outlets presented this allegation, but when the Russian Federation started to use the same allegations against Turkey following the Russian jet crisis in Nov 2015, US officials categorically rejected the claims.
"We reject the premise that the Turkish government is in league with Daesh to smuggle oil. We have seen no evidence to support such an accusation. In fact, Daesh oil smuggling has decreased over time due to the efforts of the Turks and other counter- Daesh coalition members to target oil extraction and transportation infrastructure," U.S. Ambassador to Turkey John Bass said in a written statement on Jan. 28.
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http://www.dailysabah.com/americas/...turkey-over-false-allegations-regarding-daesh
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