Paris ¨C U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday announced another 30-day extension of a sanctions waiver allowing purchases of Russian seaborne oil to aid ¡°energy-vulnerable¡± countries hit by the Iran war, reversing plans not to grant an extension.
Bessent said in a posting on X that the Treasury was issuing the 30-day general license after a previous waiver lapsed on Saturday. This will allow ?temporary access to Russian oil and petroleum products stranded on tankers without violating severe U.S. sanctions on Russian oil majors, he said.
A source familiar with the decision ?said that the second waiver extension was requested by poor and vulnerable countries that cannot get Gulf oil shipments due to ?the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
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