India diversifying away from Russian oil’: Trump aide's big claim amid tariff tensions
US trade representative Jamieson Greer said that India is a sovereign country and controls their own decisions.
Amid the US's efforts to pressure India to end its energy trade with Moscow, US President Donald Trump's trade representative Jamieson Greer has claimed that India is already diversifying away from Russian oil.
“The Indians are pragmatic and I think they're already diversifying away from Russian oil,” Greer said at the Economic Club of New York where he spoke about Trump administration's several policy changes, including tariffs and recalibrating relationships with China, Mexico, and Canada.
“India is a sovereign country. They control their own decisions. We aren't trying to dictate their relations with other countries.,” Greer said in conversation with journalist Maria Bartiromo, adding that India is already diversifying away from Russian oil.
Greer's comments come days after Russian President Vladimir Putin said that US's move pressure India and China to cut trade ties with Russia could backfire economically.
Putin also said India will suffer if it stops trade with Russia. “If India refuses our energy supplies, it will suffer a certain loss ... of course, the people of a country like India, believe me, will closely monitor the decisions made by the political leadership and will never allow any humiliation in front of anyone,” he said.
