Iran's top Ally to visit Obama - Gaza and Syria top Erdoğan’s agenda for US visit.

Iran's top Ally to visit Obama - Gaza and Syria top Erdoğan’s agenda for US visit.(HD).Two of the main subjects on Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s agenda for his official visit to Washington May 16 are the Gaza blockade and Syria, daily Hürriyet reported May 4.

Erdoğan, who is set to travel to Gaza following his Washington visit, will officially ask the U.S. President Barack Obama to increase pressure on Israel to end the blockade, the report said. According to Hürriyet, the Turkish prime minister is also expected to express his discontentment about U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s remarks on his Gaza visit. Following his last visit to Turkey two weeks ago, Kerry said in a press conference that he had told Erdoğan to postpone his plans to visit Gaza. “We really think that [the visit] would be better delayed and that itshouldn't take place at this point in time,” Kerry had said April 21, causing diplomatic disapproval.

For its part, the U.S. could ask Turkey to exchange ambassadors with Israel as soon as possible to accelerate the normalization of ties.

Syria and Iran are also at the top of the agenda. Both leaders are expected to put an emphasis on intelligence sharing between the two countries. Erdoğan will brief Obama on Turkey’s ongoing peace process concerning the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).Hmmmm......Turkey has been the Number One in providing for Iran.Read the full story here.

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As expected Obama will give BFF Turkey a waiver from sanctions, they 'only' import 45 percent of their oil from Iran and aid Iran avoiding sanctions.

Obama administration officials didn't say how much the seven countries had cut their oil purchases. In March, U.S. officials signaled that they were seeking reductions of 15% to 22% of purchases.

Several large countries, including India and Turkey, said publicly that they were reluctant to reduce imports of Iranian oil because of their long reliance on the Islamic regime. They appear to have met the minimum level of cooperation that Washington demanded, however.How Much did Turkey actually 'reduce' it's inports??

Answer:
Before May, Turkey was the only buyer in Europe to increase purchases from Iran, while other European refiners cut back on imports of the crude ahead of an impending EU oil embargo due to take effect from July 1.In the first four months of 2012, Turkey imported 210,000 barrels per day of Iranian oil on average, including a huge 270,000 bpd in March, much higher than its 2011 average of 185,000 bpd.

In May Turkey's state-controlled refining company, Tupras, imported around 140,000 barrels per day (bpd), a 20 percent drop from its 2011 average, according to the latest shipping data, obtained by Reuters. Port data showed 152,000 tonnes of Iranian crude was delivered to the port of Aliaga in May, while 443,000 tonnes of Iranian crude was delivered to its second import terminal, Tutunciflik. Tupras is expected to import the same volume in June.
From July 1, Turkey will remain effectively the sole buyer of Iranian crude in Europe. Official trade data showed that in the first four months of this year, Iran accounted for about 58 percent of Turkey's near 6 million tonnes in total crude imports.
THIS REDUCTION IS A PURE SMOKESCREEN APPROVED BY THE OBAMA ADMIN!