From Reuters via gCaptain, August 20:
Russia expects to continue supplying oil to India despite warnings from the United States, Russian embassy officials in New Delhi said on Wednesday, adding that Moscow hopes trilateral talks will soon take place with India and China.
U.S. President Donald Trump has announced an additional tariff of 25% on Indian goods exported to the U.S. from August 27, as a punishment for buying Russian oil, which constitutes 35% of India’s total imports compared with a negligible 0.2% before the Ukraine war.
“I want to highlight that despite the political situation, we can predict that the same level of oil import (by India),” Roman Babushkin, the charge d’affaires at the Russian embassy in India, told a press briefing.
He predicted India and Russia would find ways to overcome Trump’s latest tariffs in their “national interests.”
Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov said separately that Russia saw scope for supplies of liquefied natural gas to India.
“We continue to ship fuel, including crude oil and oil products, thermal and coking coal. We see potential for the export of Russian LNG,” Manturov was quoted as saying by Interfax news agency.
He also said, according to RIA news agency, that Russia was counting on expanding nuclear energy cooperation with India.
Trade talks between India and the U.S. broke down over the opening up of India’s vast farm and dairy sectors, as well as its purchases of Russian oil. The total tariff announced on Indian goods entering the U.S. is 50%.
The Indian foreign ministry did not immediately reply to an emailed request for comment.
It has previously said the U.S. decision to single out India for Russian purchases was “extremely unfortunate.”
Russia’s Deputy Trade Commissioner Evgeny Griva on Wednesday said buying oil from Russia is “very profitable” for India, which will not want to change its supplier....
....MUCH MORE, including the Greater Eurasian Partnership
Not to be confused with the "World AI Cooperation Organization" about which I mentioned:
I'm not sure why but the "World AI Cooperation Organization" somehow reminds me of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere:
Propaganda term for the sphere of influence of the
Japanese empire, purporting to provide pan-Asian
autonomy free from European colonialism
