CAPE TOWN, June 15 (Reuters) – South Africa expects a
“breakthrough” soon in its discussions with Brussels about the
impact of European Union sanctions on oil exports from Iran,
historically its biggest supplier of crude, a top South African
energy official said on Friday.
“There is going to be a meeting in Moscow quite shortly,
which we firmly believe is going provide a breakthrough with
regard to the sanctions,” Nelisiwe Magubane, director general in
the energy department, told reporters.
“We put our case in a manner that indicated that the
sanctions are not just going to impact the South African
economy, but it is also going to impact that of our neighbours.”
(Reporting by Wendell Roelf; Editing by Ed Cropley)
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