Turkey to get part of Russian diesel under Trump-Putin oil deal

Turkey is joining the US-Russian deal on diesel fuel supplies. Reuters reports that the country's energy minister said on Sunday that part of the Russian diesel under this agreement will go to Turkey, calling the deal important for the country's energy security.

What the Turkish minister said

According to him, Ankara covers part of its needs with supplies from Russia, as well as Iran, Azerbaijan and other countries, trying to diversify supply through arrangements with the US and other partners. “In recent months, when the problem began to show, Russia introduced restrictions on diesel exports. Now it has struck a supply agreement with Trump. Thanks to the talks, part of this fuel will go to Turkey,” Bayraktar explained to the TV channel Kanal 7.

The deal to supply 300,000 tonnes of Russian diesel to the global market was struck by US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin. It has drawn criticism from European leaders and from US lawmakers of the opposition Democratic Party.

Sanctions suspended

Trump confirmed the agreement with an executive order that lifted the application of anti-Russian sanctions. Some Republicans criticised him for it, and House Speaker Mike Johnson told the White House that the matter still needs to be discussed.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called the decision a mistake: in his words, a hole in the sanctions, easing pressure on the aggressor and financial rewards for Putin only push the Kremlin toward new attacks. Russia's representative in the talks with the US, Kirill Dmitriev, by contrast called Trump's move a historic moment.

Around Prague, based on reporting by novinky.cz