Top EU diplomat makes U-turn on India’s Russian oil buy, fuel exports
NEW DELHI: A month after suggesting a crackdown on India for circumventing western energy sanctions on Moscow by reselling Russian oil as refined products, European Union’s chief diplomat Josep Borrell appears to have backtracked by shifting the blame on to European companies.
“If Indian refiners are selling, that is because European companies are buying, directly or through an intermediary… But who is responsible for this – the seller or the buyer?” the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy said in a clarification published on the EU diplomatic service website.
