Türkiye has denied reports claiming that it is allowing crude oil shipments to Israel via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan, BTC, pipeline. The country’s Energy and Natural Resources Ministry, in a statement on Monday, said that companies using the BTC pipeline respect Ankara’s stance against trade with Israel and have refrained from any deliveries designated for Israeli ports. The Ministry added that the Turkish Petroleum Pipeline Corporation (BOTAS), responsible for the management of the pipeline within Türkiye, “has no involvement or discretion over the sale of the oil transported through the pipelin…