Malaysian PM says fuel supply to Iran not terminated because of UN order

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    BBC Monitoring International Reports, April 19, 2010 Asia Pacific, 1pp
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    • Abstract:
      Excerpt from report by Malaysian newspaper Berita Harian website on 18 April Malaysia clarified that Petronas's [state-owned gas and petrol company] termination of gasoline supply to Iran was not related to the punitive directive from the United Nations because of Tehran's controversial nuclear programme. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who attended the Nuclear Security Summit and met President Barack Obama in Washington on 12 April, said that the decision to terminate the gasoline supply was made for commercial and not political reasons...