S Jaishankar gave a befitting reply to the European Union in Brussels
Brussels:
Reacting to EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell’s action against Indian outrage over ‘Russian crude’ issues, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday (local time) advised him to look into the concerns of the European Union Council. Jaishankar said, “See EU Council warning, Russian chart oil has been substantially diverted to third country and is no longer considered as Russian. I urge you to look at Council Regulation 833/2014 Do.”
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The bloc’s chief diplomat earlier said the European Union should block Russian oil from being re-sold in Europe as refined fuel, including diesel, as Western nations move to crack down on Moscow’s energy sector as . Unni said, “India buys Russian oil, that’s normal…” EU foreign policy chief Borrell, however, said in an interview with the Financial Times that Russian journalists would act on decisive oil products coming from India. want to do
Let us tell you that Borrell met Jaishankar at the Business Technology Talks in Brussels, but he did not appear in the press conference later. In her place, Margrethe Vestager, the EU’s Executive Vice-President, said that “there was no doubt about the legal basis of the sanctions” and that the EU and India “as friends…” would openly discuss separately and, of course, Don’t point fingers at each other.”
Along with Jaishankar, Commerce Piyush Goyal, and Union Minister of State for Entrepreneurship, Skill Development, Electronics and Technology Rajiv Chandrashekhar also had a meeting. Jaishankar arrived in Brussels on Monday on the last leg of his three-nation tour of Bangladesh, Sweden and Belgium. Earlier too Jaishankar had defended India’s imports from Russia while criticizing the West for pressuring New Delhi to reduce its trade with Russia in connection with military action in Ukraine.
The Indian foreign minister wondered how Europe could choose to prioritize its own energy security and at the same time ask India to do something else. “Our trade with Russia is at very small levels compared to European countries, 12-13 US dollars,” he told a joint press conference with his German counterpart Annalena Bierbock in December. I don’t think people should read any more into it.”
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