Hurriyet Daily News features an interview with US Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs Amos Hochstein which took place on the sidelines of the seventh annual Atlantic Council Energy & Economic Summit:
The U.S. has adjusted its policy in the campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), turning its focus on targets, including energy infrastructure facilities, that are more difficult to replace, U.S. Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs Amos Hochstein has said.
“What we want to do is not to simply go out and feel good about ourselves by attacking a bunch of oil fields. Because that can look good in pictures but only do minimal damage that is easy to repair in a relatively quick time frame. What we want is to take time, understand the infrastructure, understand the key critical assets, and attack those,” Hochstein told daily Hürriyet on the sidelines of the Atlantic Council Energy and Economic Summit in Istanbul.