Syria Says it Finds Three New Oil Buyers to Replace Europeans

摘要

Syria says it has signed deals with three crude oil buyers that will allow it to resume exports this month, and that it is in talks with more than 50 companies to find a way around the US and European sanctions that target the country's oil industry. Long-serving Oil Minister Sufian Allaw told a press conference in Damascus that the three contracts are for the "export of large quantities of Syrian oil" and will begin in November, state news agency Sana reported on Saturday. He did not identify the buyers. Delegations have been in Syria over the past few days discussing further liftings of Syrian crude, Allaw said, pointing out that "more than 50 companies and merchants are interested to reach agreements on the export of additional quantities of Syrian oil."