印度通过土耳其银行向伊朗支付65亿美元石油欠款

据World Energy News网站5月15日德黑兰报道，伊朗法尔斯通讯社15日援引印度驻伊朗大使S?库马尔的话报道说，印度日前接触了土耳其的Halkbank银行，旨在令该国进口伊朗原油期间拖欠的65亿美元债务一事变得容易。

库马尔对法尔斯通讯社记者说：“印度政府正在寻求通过银行活动向伊朗支付65亿美元的石油债务，这笔钱的接收银行将是土耳其的Halkbank银行。这笔石油欠款将用欧元支付。”

土耳其Halkbank银行官员没有立即对此事发表评论。

印度是伊朗原油最大买家之一。印度将在从4月1日起的新财政年度内从伊朗每天至少进口40万桶原油。

据悉，印度的65亿美元欠款是在伊朗被国际社会制裁期间逐步积累的。

李峻 编译

原文如下：

India Approaches Halkbank to Handle Oil Payment to Iran

World Energy News

May 15, 2016

India has approached Turkey's Halkbank to faciliate the payment of $6.5 billion to Iran, which it owes for crude oil imports, Iran's Fars news agency quoted India's ambassador to Tehran as saying on Saturday.

"The Indian government is seeking to pay the $6.5 billion debt and is looking to prepare the banking activities. The receiving bank for this money will be Turkey's Halkbank, and the money will be paid in euros," Fars quoted Saurabh Kumar as saying.

Halkbank officials were not immediately available for comment.

India is one of the biggest customers of Iranian crude, and is set to import at least 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) from Iran in the year from April 1, but built up a backlog of payments when Iran was under sanctions.