Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Turkey’s Growing Ties with Iran Unsettle Washington at Oil Price

Turkey’s Growing Ties with Iran Unsettle Washington

Written by Joao Peixe
Monday, 26 September 2011 19:56

Turkey’s growing ties with Iran recently prompted Washington to dispatch senior U.S. Treasury official Roger Cohen to Ankara, who said, "As trade increases and financial ties expand, it runs counter to the international community's desire to constrain Iran and to ensure the choice that has been put to the Iranian leadership between continued defiance and integration with the international community, is as sharp as possible."

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