{"id":319162,"date":"2025-08-05T06:51:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T06:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/319162\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T06:51:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T06:51:10","slug":"india-rejects-criticism-over-its-procurement-of-russian-crude-oil-calls-out-us-eu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/319162\/","title":{"rendered":"India rejects criticism over its procurement of Russian crude oil; calls out US, EU"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> New Delhi, India on Monday mounted a sharp counterattack on the US and the European Union for their &#8220;unjustified and unreasonable&#8221; targeting of New Delhi for its procurement of Russian crude oil. <\/p>\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/us_news1_1752146559335_1752146580548.png\" alt=\"India rejects criticism over its procurement of Russian crude oil; calls out US, EU\" title=\"India rejects criticism over its procurement of Russian crude oil; calls out US, EU\"\/>   India rejects criticism over its procurement of Russian crude oil; calls out US, EU    <\/p>\n<p> Firmly rejecting the criticism, India pointed out the continuing trade relations the US and the European Union have with Russia. <\/p>\n<p> The Ministry of External Affairs issued a rare statement rebutting the criticism against New Delhi&#8217;s energy ties with Moscow, hours after US President Donald Trump threatened more tariffs on India. <\/p>\n<p> India has been targeted by the United States and the EU for importing oil from Russia after the commencement of the Ukraine conflict, the MEA said. <\/p>\n<p> In fact, India began importing from Russia because traditional supplies were diverted to Europe after the outbreak of the conflict, it said. <\/p>\n<p> &#8220;The US at that time actively encouraged such imports by India for strengthening global energy markets stability,&#8221; it added. <\/p>\n<p> The MEA said India&#8217;s imports are meant to ensure predictable and affordable energy costs to the Indian consumer. <\/p>\n<p> &#8220;They are a necessity compelled by global market situation. However, it is revealing that the very nations criticizing India are themselves indulging in trade with Russia,&#8221; it said. <\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Unlike our case, such trade is not even a vital national compulsion,&#8221; it added. <\/p>\n<p> The MEA said the Europe-Russia trade includes not just energy, but also fertilizers, mining products, chemicals, iron and steel and machinery and transport equipment. <\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Where the US is concerned, it continues to import from Russia uranium hexafluoride for its nuclear industry, palladium for its EV industry, fertilizers as well as chemicals,&#8221; it said. <\/p>\n<p> &#8220;In this background, the targeting of India is unjustified and unreasonable. Like any major economy, India will take all necessary measures to safeguard its national interests and economic security,&#8221; the MEA said. <\/p>\n<p><strong>This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Delhi, India on Monday mounted a sharp counterattack on the US and the European Union for their&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":319163,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[2000,299,5187,1699,50003,115886,17961,978],"class_list":{"0":"post-319162","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-european-union","12":"tag-new-delhi","13":"tag-russian-crude-oil","14":"tag-ukraine-conflict","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114974836973298243","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319162","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=319162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}