MILAN, May 25, 2012 (AFP) - Italian auto giant Fiat and Fiat Industrial said Friday they have suspended sales to Iran to support "international diplomatic efforts," adding that the companies would not lose many sales.
Fiat and its industrial arm, which makes buses and agricultural machinery, released two separate statements to support "the efforts of international diplomacy to find a diplomatic solution to the issues relating to Iran."
To that end, the groups "will carry out no further activities (where) the known final destination is Iran," the companies said, adding that over the last few years sales to the country "have not been significant."
Iran and six world powers closed two days of "very intense" nuclear talks Thursday with little to show for it.
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