While Donald Trump has made a big claim about India, he has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assured him to stop purchasing Russian oil. Along with this, while talking to the journalists at the White House, he also said that now we will have to ask China to do the same. Along with Trump, his ministers are also making big claims on Russian Oil. Finance Minister Scott Besant said through a post on social media platform X that he has spoken to the Japanese Prime Minister to stop purchasing oil from Russia.
US Finance Minister said a big thing
According to Reuters report, America wants an all-out ban on Russian oil and now it Japan Is hoping that it will stop the purchase of Russian Oil-Gas. US Finance Minister Scott Besant made a big claim related to this on Wednesday. Besant said in a post on the
Japan is buying Russian energy heavily
Let us tell you that Japan also depends heavily on the import of oil and gas from abroad. If we look at the latest customs data, in the year 2023, Japan spent 582 billion yen or 3.9 billion dollars (about more than Rs 24,240 crore) on the import of Russian Liquefied Natural Gas (Russian LNG). This figure was 8.9 percent of Japan’s total LNG imports. However, the Japanese media in Washington declined to discuss in detail Besant’s comments quoting Kato.
It is noteworthy that Scott Besant and Japanese Finance Minister Kato met twice during the annual meeting of the IMF and the meeting of G-7 and G-20 finance leaders held in Washington. Kato meanwhile said that Japan is on the principle of coordination with the G-7 countries and will do everything it can to establish peace in Ukraine in a fair manner.
What did Trump say on India-China?
President before US Finance Minister Scott Besant donald trump A big claim regarding India was made on Wednesday. This was shared by the Finance Minister only a few hours later. He said that he expressed concern over Indian import of Russian oil to PM Narendra Modi and he assured that India will not buy oil from Russia. Along with this, the US President said that now we will have to ask China to take the same step.
However, after Trump’s claim, the picture regarding this has been clarified by the Indian Foreign Ministry. Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that India’s stance is clear to meet the energy needs of the country. In this, protecting the interests of Indian consumers has been our first priority.
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