India is learnt to have told Tehran on Tuesday that only the new government, expected to be in place before the month ends, can take any decision on buying oil from Iran in the wake of Washington’s move to end the temporary sanctions waiver.
Foreign minister Sushma Swaraj is said to have conveyed this to her Iranian counterpart Javad Zarif at their bilateral meeting in the capital.
There was no official word on what transpired at the meeting but sources said that “on the purchase of oil from Iran”, the minister had “reiterated the position that a decision will be taken after the elections, keeping in mind our commercial considerations, energy security and economic interests”.
