According to him, in 2013, Ankara paid $4.5 billion to Iran for natural gas import: “TUPRAS has also paid $3.1 billion to Iran.”
Yildiz said that the decisions passed by the U.S. have nothing to do with Turkey: “Therefore, Ankara only applies the UN decisions. Turkey is committed to the UN decisions. Turkey is a legal state. Iran is our neighboring and fraternal country. We will continue gas import.”