Ulafi na ufisadi wa serikali ya Kikwete sasa unaliingiza taifa katika
mgogoro wa kidiplomasia. Juzi tumeionya serikali, leo serikali ya
Marekani inatoa onyo kwa Kikwete. Sababu IRAN. Watueleze ni kitu gani
viongozi wa IRAN wamekuwa wakifuata Tanzania ! Mwakyembe, Membe Rostam
na Kikwete Kazi Kwenu
Tanzania must stop re-flagging Iran tankers: U.S. lawmaker
WASHINGTON | Fri Jun 29, 2012 1:39pm EDT (Reuters) -
Tanzania must stop the practice of "re-flagging" Iranian oil tankers
or it will face the threat of U.S. sanctions and damage its ties with
Washington, a U.S. lawmaker warned on Friday.
Howard Berman, the ranking member of the House Committee on Foreign
Affairs, accused Tanzania of reflagging at least six and possibly as
many at 10 tankers owned by the National Iranian Tanker Company.
"This
action by your government has the effect of assisting the Iranian
regime in evading U.S. and EU sanctions and generating additional
revenues for its nuclear enrichment and weapons research program and
its support for international terrorism,"
Berman said in a
letter to President Jakaya Kikwete that was obtained by Reuters.
Berman said if the tankers were allowed to continue sailing under the
Tanzanian flag, Tanzania could face the sanctions that President
Barack Obama signed into law.
He said Congress would also have "no choice" but to consider whether to
continue the range of bilateral U.S. programs with Tanzania.Officials
at Tanzania's embassy were not immediately available to comment on
Berman's letter.
The sanctions, along with similar action by the European Union, are aimed at pressuring Iran
to curb its nuclear program, which the West believes aims to develop
nuclear weapons but which Tehran says is for peaceful purposes. The
United States gave China
a six-month reprieve from Iran financial sanctions on Thursday. The
Obama administration has now spared all 20 of Iran's major oil buyers
from its unilateral sanctions, rewarding them for cutting purchases of
Iranian oil.
Below are some of the Super-Tankers that have been renamed, and flying the Tanzanian Flag:
Davar (previous name): Companion – Tanzania
Haraz: Freedom – Tanzania
Susangrid: Daisy – Tanzania
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