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“Russian crude lipid remains the astir outgo effectual enactment connected the planetary marketplace and Russia’s vigor ties with India are successful tune with New Delhi’s nationalist interests,” Russian Ambassador Denis Alipov said connected Thursday (October 16, 2025).
Mr. Alipov's remarks came hours aft U.S. President Donald Trump claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured him that New Delhi volition halt procuring Russian crude oil.
"Russian vigor remains the astir cost-effective enactment connected the planetary market, and Russia has consistently honoured its commitments portion showing flexibility successful processing alternate logistics and outgo systems successful the look of attempts to disrupt this cooperation," helium said.
In his code astatine an event, Mr. Alipov besides said Russian crude lipid accounts for astir one-third of India's full hydrocarbon imports.
The Russian Ambassador besides described Russia arsenic India's "most reliable vigor partner" and said determination is scope for enhancing the wide ties, including successful areas of defence, trade, connectivity and technology.
Mr. Alipov said the India-Russia strategical concern is simply a "stabilising force" successful planetary affairs and a almighty operator of economical growth." "This benignant of narration is successful expanding request worldwide arsenic we collectively navigate an epoch of unprecedented geopolitical turbulence," helium said.
Later, Mr. Alipov, portion responding to a question connected Mr. Trump’s remarks and if India volition proceed to procure Russian crude oil, said: “this is simply a question for the Indian authorities (to answer). The Indian authorities is dealing with the substance having successful caput the nationalist interests of this state successful the archetypal place.” "Our practice successful the vigor assemblage is precise overmuch successful tune of those interests," helium said.
In effect to the U.S. President's comments, India said it is "broad-basing and diversifying" its sourcing of vigor to conscionable marketplace conditions.
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External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, responding to Mr. Trump's remarks, said it has been New Delhi's accordant precedence to safeguard the interests of the Indian user successful a volatile vigor scenario.
He said India’s import policies are guided wholly by the nationalist interest, adding that India has been looking astatine expanding vigor ties with the U.S. arsenic well. “Ensuring unchangeable vigor prices and secured supplies person been the duplicate goals of our vigor policy,” Mr. Jaiswal said.
"This includes broad-basing our vigor sourcing and diversifying arsenic due to conscionable marketplace conditions," helium added.
India's continuing acquisition of petroleum products from Russia notwithstanding Western sanctions has go a large contented that resulted successful terrible downturn successful ties betwixt New Delhi and Washington.
In Washington, Mr. Trump told reporters that "he [Prime Minister Narendra Modi] has assured maine determination volition beryllium nary lipid purchases from Russia." The U.S. President said India whitethorn not beryllium capable to chopped the procurement instantly but the process has started.
"It [process] has started. He can't bash it immediately. It's a small spot of a process, but the process is going to beryllium implicit soon," the U.S. President said.
