mo4ch:>Hong Kong dismisses Washington warning on oil tanker violating US sanctions on Iran | Mo4ch News
Hong Kong officials rejected on Wednesday warnings from the US that the autonomous city could face sanctions if it does business with an oil tanker carrying Iranian oil in breach of the US sanctions on Iran.Hong Kong is strictly enforcing United Nations sanctions which don’t have “any restrictions on the export of petroleum from Iran,” a spokesperson for Hong Kong’s Commerce and Economic Development Bureau told Bloomberg, answering a question about the US warning. Earlier this week, the United States urged Hong Kong to be on the lookout for an oil tanker carrying Iranian oil presumably that may be on its way to China, in violation of US sanctions against the Middle Eastern country.Also on rt.comChina rebuffs US penalties threat for allowing ship with Iranian oil to enter Hong KongDismissing the US warning, the spokesperson told Bloomberg on Wednesday: “Certain countries may impose unilateral sanctions against certain places on the basis of their own considerations.”“Those sanctions …