UK Gulfsands defends link to Syria tycoon

摘要

London—UK-based Gulfsands Petroleum,whose main production assets are in Syria,said August 24 it was in compliance with allUS, EU and UK sanctions against the coun-try, and stressed it was no longer makingpayments to companies belonging to RamiMakhlouf, a Syrian businessman and cousinof Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.