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US sanctions against Turkey come into effect
2019/12/21 02:22:16
[rtl]Shafak News / After US President Donald Trump approved the defense budget on Friday evening, the US Treasury announced that the sanctions against the "North Stream-2" and "Turkish Stream" of gas projects entered into force immediately.[/rtl]
[rtl]The US defense budget for 2020, which amounts to about 738 billion dollars, includes allocating funds to "confront Russia" in various fields, including by imposing sanctions on the "North Nile-2" and "Turkish Torr" gas pipelines, and it includes individuals And companies operating in the laying of the marine section of the pipelines.[/rtl]
[rtl]The US Treasury said in a statement that "observing the conditions for ending the actions stipulated (in the defense budget law) requires those who sold, rent or provide ships involved in laying pipelines at a depth of more than 100 feet below the sea in the framework of building" the flood Al-Shamali -2 ”and“ Turkish Torrent ”, ensuring that those ships immediately cease construction work.[/rtl]
[rtl]According to the clarifications of the American Treasury, it allows "exceptions in good faith" if the completion of the work takes some time to ensure the safety of the pipeline, crews of ships and other people, as well as to protect the environment from "severe damage".[/rtl]
[rtl]And the Secretaries of State and Treasury must submit their proposals to the relevant congressional committees on who should be targeted for sanctions, within 60 days after the law comes into effect.[/rtl]
[rtl]The Swiss-Dutch company "Allseas", which participated in laying pipes for the "North Nile Project-2" project, announced in a statement at dawn today, Saturday, the suspension of its work, pending clarifications from the American authorities.[/rtl]
[rtl]And US Senator Rand Paul warned earlier that the new sanctions would include "Allseas", the Italian company "Saipem", in addition to a number of individuals and companies in Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Finland and Sweden.[/rtl]
[rtl]Moscow considered Washington's move to impose sanctions on Russian gas transportation projects in violation of international law and unfair competition, expressing its confidence that this step will not lead to a result.[/rtl]
[rtl]For its part, German Chancellor Angela Merkel described the new US sanctions as "unacceptable" and vowed to oppose them, while Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to impose sanctions on Washington if the latter imposed sanctions on Ankara because of the "Turkish Torrent" project.[/rtl]
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