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Thursday, January 12, 2012

Possible Hormuz Strait Lockdown To Affect Turkey

Possible Hormuz Strait Lockdown To Affect Turkey

BAKU, Azerbaijan, Jan 12 (Bernama) -- Turkey is against the closure of Hormuz Strait, as this would affect the country as well, Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Taner Yildiz said.

Iran has made remarks to stop the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz if foreign sanctions were imposed on its crude exports over its nuclear ambitions, a move that could trigger military conflict with economies dependent on Gulf oil, Azerbaijan's news agency TREND said quoting Hurriyet Newspaper's report Thursday.

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