New Delhi (AP) – India has indicated that she will continue to buy oil from Russia despite the threats of US President Donald Trump.
The Indian Foreign Ministry said his relationship with Russia was “stable and tested” and should not be seen by the prism of a third country.
Randhir spokesman Jaiswal, who addressed the weekly press on Friday, said India’s wider attitude to ensuring his energy needs was followed by the availability of oil on the markets and the predominant global circumstances.
The comments are watching notification President Donald Trump is intending to impose a 25% tariff on India plus another import tax for buying Russian oil in Nový Delhi.
The threat came when the US President in Russia increasingly Kysel for the fact that he disagreed with the ceasefire in Ukraine and threatened new economic sanctions if there was no progress.
India bought from Russia in January 2022 68 000 barrels of oil from Russia, but until June of the same year, oil imports increased to 1.12 million barrels a day. Daily imports reached a peak of 2.15 million in May 2023 and have been different since then.
The deliveries increased up to 40% of imports in India at one point, making Moscow the largest oil supplier to the new Delhi.
Indian daily oil consumption is bound around 5.5 million barrels, of which almost 88% are fulfilled by import.
Historically, the country bought most of its vultures in the Middle East, but this has changed from the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
India, the third largest raw importer in the world in China and the US, began to buy Russian oil available for discounted rates after West avoided Moscow’s punishment.
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