RUSSIAN Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Wednesday assured that India’s interests in Russian energy supplies “will not be affected”, reiterating Russia’s commitment towards India, noting that Moscow will continue its efforts to ensure stable energy supplies for New Delhi despite what he termed “unfair competition”.
In an interview with RT India, ahead of his visit to India for the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, Lavrov said that Russia continued to honour its agreements with partner countries despite geopolitical tensions, accusing the United States of trying to “seize all energy routes” globally.
The Russian Foreign Minister alleged that the US was attempting to dominate global energy corridors and exert pressure on countries maintaining energy ties with Russia.
“Their [US] goal is to seize everything, to seize all energy routes that are important. This goal is pretty clear and I’m confident that India understands what is happening,” Lavrov said.”
I can assure you that India’s interests when it comes to Russian supplies will not be affected and we will do our utmost to ensure that this unfair play, unfair competition, could not affect our arrangements,” he added.
He criticised Western countries, particularly European nations, for reducing dependence on Russian energy supplies, claiming the move was politically motivated rather than driven by market factors.
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