NEW DELHI: Petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday discussed volatility in crude oil prices and its impact on Indian consumers with US energy secretary Rick Perry.
The telephone conversation came in the backdrop of tightening US sanctions on Iran, and production curbs by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec). India had kept its option open to buy oil from Iran, with former foreign minister Sushma Swaraj informing her visiting Iranian counterpart, Javad Zarif, in May that New Delhi will take a decision after the national elections, which concluded last month.
