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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that India has committed to halt buying Russian oil, days aft New Delhi reiterated that “national interests” volition beryllium the “guiding factor” for India’s vigor procurement.
U.S. President Donald Trump, portion announcing a commercialized woody with New Delhi aboriginal successful February, claimed India had agreed to not procure crude lipid from Russia.
Since then, the U.S. has claimed aggregate times that India volition halt buying lipid from Russia.
Speaking astatine the Munich Security Conference connected Saturday (February 14, 2026), Mr. Rubio said, “In our conversations with India, we’ve gotten their committedness to halt buying further Russian oil." He was responding to a question connected the Russia-Ukraine warfare and the sanctions imposed connected Moscow.
After announcing the deal, successful an enforcement order, Mr. Trump rolled backmost an further 25% tariffs connected India that helium imposed successful August past for India's procurement of crude lipid from Russia.
Earlier, India had said that it would support aggregate sources for crude lipid purchases and diversify them to guarantee stableness successful the proviso chain, with nationalist interests remaining the "guiding factor" for the procurement, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said this week.
