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‘Look at EU Council Regulations’, EAM Jaishankar Tells Borrell
‘Look at EU Council Regulations’, EAM Jaishankar Tells Borrell
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The EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Tuesday accused New Delhi of “circumvention of western sanctions” for re-routing Russian energy products to the... 17.05.2023, Sputnik India
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Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar advised High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell to brush up on the EU Council's regulations after the European diplomat called for a crackdown on India for reportedly reselling Russian oil as refined fuel to Europe.The remark from Jaishankar, who is on a three-nation visit covering Bangladesh, Sweden and Belgium, came on Tuesday after he attended trade technology talks in Brussels.Notably, Borrell and Jaishankar met at the trade technology talks in Brussels, but Borrell was not present at the press conference that followed. However, EU Executive Vice President on Competition Margrethe Vestager was present in place of Borrell and he said that there was “no doubt about the legal basis of the sanctions,” and that the EU and India would have the discussion as “friends... with an extended hand and of course, not a pointed finger.”Earlier on Tuesday, in an interview with the British publication Financial Times (FT), Borrel had accused New Delhi of “circumvention of Western sanctions” for re-routing Russian energy products to the West.“If diesel or gasoline is entering Europe ... coming from India and being produced with Russian oil, that is certainly a circumvention of sanctions and member states have to take measures,” Borrell claimed. “That India buys Russian oil, it’s normal... But if they use that in order to be a center where Russian oil is being refined and by-products are being sold to us... we have to act.”It is not the first time that Jaishankar has defended India’s imports from Russia.India has repeatedly slammed the West for pressuring it to reduce its trade with Russia in view of the special military operation in Ukraine, wondering how Europe could choose to prioritize its own energy needs while at the same time asking India to do something else.According to data from the federal Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Russia emerged as the largest exporter of oil to India in the last financial year, with 50.84 million tonnes of crude supplies.
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‘Look at EU Council Regulations’, EAM Jaishankar Tells Borrell
13:10 17.05.2023 (Updated: 13:26 17.05.2023) The EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Tuesday accused New Delhi of “circumvention of western sanctions” for re-routing Russian energy products to the West.
Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar advised High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell to brush up on the EU Council's regulations after the European diplomat called for a crackdown on India for reportedly reselling Russian oil as refined fuel to Europe.
The remark from Jaishankar, who is on a three-nation visit covering Bangladesh, Sweden and Belgium, came on Tuesday after he attended trade technology talks in Brussels.
“Look at EU Council regulations, Russian crude is substantially transformed in the third country and not treated as Russian anymore. I would urge you to look at Council's Regulation 833/2014,” the Indian Foreign Minister said.
Notably, Borrell and Jaishankar met at the trade technology talks in Brussels, but Borrell was not present at the press conference that followed. However, EU Executive Vice President on Competition Margrethe Vestager was present in place of Borrell and he said that there was “no doubt about the legal basis of the sanctions,” and that the EU and India would have the discussion as “friends... with an extended hand and of course, not a pointed finger.”
Earlier on Tuesday, in an interview with the British publication Financial Times (FT), Borrel had accused New Delhi of “circumvention of Western sanctions” for re-routing Russian energy products to the West.
“If diesel or gasoline is entering Europe ... coming from India and being produced with Russian oil, that is certainly a circumvention of sanctions and member states have to take measures,” Borrell claimed. “That India buys Russian oil, it’s normal... But if they use that in order to be a center where Russian oil is being refined and by-products are being sold to us... we have to act.”
It is not the first time that Jaishankar has defended India’s imports from Russia.
Last December, while addressing a joint press conference with his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock, Jaishankar said, “I would urge you to look at these figures. There is a website called 'Russia Fossil Fuel Tracker' that would give you country-by-country data of who is really importing what and I suspect that might be very very helpful.”
India has repeatedly slammed the West for pressuring it to reduce its trade with Russia in view of the special military operation in Ukraine, wondering how Europe could choose to prioritize its own energy needs while at the same time asking India to do something else.
According to data from the federal Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Russia emerged as the
largest exporter of oil to India in the last financial year, with 50.84 million tonnes of crude supplies.
