‘Never depended on permission from any country’: India on US waiver to buy Russian oil

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India will continue purchasing oil from available sources without relying on external permissions, as confirmed by a senior official. This statement follows the US easing sanctions to allow stranded Russian oil sales amid rising global oil prices due to Middle East conflicts.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has rejected the request for transaction in yuan to Russian oil suppliers(AFP)

India has responded to the United States granting a temporary sanctions waiver to the country to purchase oil from Russia. India said it will continue to buy oil from wherever it is available and it does not depend on permission from any country to do so.

"India will buy oil from wherever it is available. Our oil purchases will not be governed by any hollow slogans. India has never depended on permission from any country to buy Russian oil," a senior government official told PTI.

On Thursday the US temporarily eased economic sanctions against Russia to allow Russian oil stranded at sea to be sold to India. The US decision came in the wake of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East due to which global oil prices have surged.

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