{"id":318666,"date":"2025-08-05T02:22:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T02:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/318666\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T02:22:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T02:22:19","slug":"india-slams-us-eu-criticism-over-russian-oil-imports-as-unjustified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/318666\/","title":{"rendered":"India slams US, EU criticism over Russian oil imports as \u2018unjustified\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>India\u2019s Foreign Ministry on Monday rejected criticism from the United States and European Union over its Russian oil imports, calling the moves \u201cunjustified\u201d and vowing to safeguard its national interests.<\/p>\n<p>Foreign Ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal said the targeting of India over the issue was \u201cunreasonable,\u201d after U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to raise tariffs on New Delhi for continuing to purchase Russian oil.<\/p>\n<p>Jaiswal argued that India began importing more Russian oil only after traditional supplies were diverted to Europe following the outbreak of the Ukraine war \u2014 at a time when Washington encouraged such imports to stabilize global energy markets.<\/p>\n<p>He accused the U.S. and EU of double standards, noting that both maintain extensive trade with Moscow in energy, chemicals, fertilizers, metals and other goods.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe very nations criticizing India are themselves indulging in trade with Russia,\u201d Jaiswal said.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. is India\u2019s largest trading partner, while Europe remains a major trade destination.<\/p>\n<p>                    <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/JN9LXf.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                    The Daily Sabah Newsletter\n                <\/p>\n<p>\n                    Keep up to date with what\u2019s happening in Turkey,<br \/>\n                    it\u2019s region and the world.\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    SIGN ME UP\n                <\/p>\n<p>\n                    You can unsubscribe at any time. By signing up you are agreeing to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.<br \/>\n                    This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.\n                <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"India\u2019s Foreign Ministry on Monday rejected criticism from the United States and European Union over its Russian oil&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":318667,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[2000,299,5187,65954],"class_list":{"0":"post-318666","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-european","11":"tag-india-us-relations"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114973779236938214","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}