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Asian states lobby EU in hope of Iran oil sanctions U-turn

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European Union foreign ministers are expected to consider how the bloc's Iranian oil embargo will affect insurers at a meeting in Brussels next week, under mounting pressure from Asian states to change their stance.

According to Reuters, Japan, South Korea and global ship insurers are lobbying EU officials to revise planned sanctions against Iran so that Europe's insurance market can provide cover for Iranian oil

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