Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov praised External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar for suggesting the West mind their own business over Bharat’s continued acquisition of Russian oil after the Ukraine war began.
In a video shared on X, Lavrov said, ‘“My friend, Foreign Minister Subramanyam Jaishankar, was once at the UN, giving a speech. He was asked why they started buying so much oil from Russia. He advised them to mind their own business and reminded them at the same time how much oil the West had started buying and continued to buy oil from the Russian Federation. This is national dignity.”
Recently in Munich, Germany at a security conference, Jaishankar was again asked about Bharat’s continued acquisition of Russian oil.
On asking whether Russian oil imports become a problem in its equations with other major allies, Jaishankar replied, ‘Why should it be a problem? I am smart enough to have multiple options. You should be admiring and not criticizing. Is it a problem for others? I do not think so”.
Earlier, EAM S Jaishankar called out Europe’s double standards and said that it needs to grow out of the mindset that Europe’s problems are the world’s problems, but the world’s problems are not Europe’s problems.
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