The United States said an Indian ship had been hijacked up Oil from a Russian tanker. (representative)
New Delhi:
The United States expressed concern to India that it was being used to export fuel made From Russian crude, across the high seas transfers To hide her origin, to New York in violation of A senior official at an Indian central bank said that the US sanctions on Saturday.
The US Treasury notified India that an Indian ship chose up Oil from a Russian tanker on The high seas and took her to port in Gujarat on West Coast, where it was refined and shipped onsaid the Reserve Bank of Deputy Governor of India Michael Batra.
US sanctions on Moscow for in february invasion of Ukraine bans import into the United States of Energy products of Russian origin, including crude oil, refined fuels, distillates, coal and gas.
‘Refined production has been placed back on That ship and set Sail without a destination. And in the middle of the seas, I met the destination, reached its course, and went to New York.” event To celebrate 75 years of India’s independence.
American embassy in New Delhi said it had no immediate information comment.
Patra’s Comments India’s Comments first official public A reference to these American concerns. Delhi did not do that joined Penalties against Or Russia condemned what it calls Moscow.special military proces” in her neighbour.
Batra said he had been informed that the Russian crude had been processed into used distillates for Make one use plastic. He did not specify the identity of the ship or the Indian refiner.
“This is it way acts of war. it’s working in strange ways.”
India the world’s 3rd importer and consumer of Russian oil has rarely bought Russian oil in The past. But since the outbreak of the war, Indian refining companies have started to collapse up Reduced Russian oil, many Westerners avoid countries and companies.
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