Mentioned elevated vitality provide with PM Modi, Jaishankar: Sergei Lavrov | India Information
3 min learnNew DelhiUp to date: Could 15, 2026 05:12 PM IST
A day earlier than the US’s waiver on sanctions on Indian imports of Russian oil is ready to run out, Russian International Minister Sergei Lavrov stated on Friday that the subject of “elevated provide of Russian vitality” got here up in his conversations with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday.
Talking at a press convention, Lavrov, who was on a two-day go to to New Delhi for the BRICS International Ministers’ meetingsaid he had a dialog with Modi and negotiations with Jaishankar on the sidelines of the assembly.
“We mentioned the important thing areas of our privileged strategic partnership that have been outlined in the course of the summits between President Putin and Prime Minister Modi…We agreed to strengthen transport cooperation and funding cooperation, together with the event of the worldwide transport hall…We additionally mentioned the steps which might be being taken to enhance the system of direct mutual settlements and we mentioned the elevated provide of Russian vitality, fertilisers and cooperation within the area of peaceable nuclear vitality,” Lavrov stated relating to his interactions with Prime Minister Modi and Jaishankar.
When requested in regards to the elevated provide of Russian vitality to India, Lavrov stated the information was out within the public area. “It’s not a secret statistic…This info exhibits that oil provides to India elevated and it doesn’t rely upon us, it depends upon our Indian counterparts that at all times acquired a optimistic reply in direction of their request for supplying extra vitality. That is how we proceed shifting,” he stated.
In the course of the BRICS International Ministers’ assembly, Lavrov stated the main focus was on preparation for the 18th BRICS summit to be held in India later this yr. The state of affairs in West Asia, together with the Strait of Hormuz, Lebanon and Palestine, was mentioned as nicely, he stated.
When requested in regards to the battle between two BRICS members, Iran and the UAE, Lavrov stated BRICS was not the organisation for mediating, however a few of its member states, like India, may. He famous Pakistan’s function within the talks between the US and Iran.
He stated the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz was not an issue created by Iran. “I want to remind you that earlier than February 28, earlier than the beginning of this aggression, there was no drawback with the Strait of Hormuz. Protected navigation was ensured 100%,” he stated.
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Citing the US and Israel’s assault on Iran and the US’s “kidnapping” of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Lavrov stated the US had declared that its aim was to place “an finish to the interval of historical past the place Iran allegedly instilled worry and terror into its neighbouring nations”, and finish drug trafficking within the case of Venezuela.
“It turned out the US was not fascinated by drug trafficking, they have been fascinated by oil. The identical concern right here. They’re within the oil to be shipped by the Strait of Hormuz. Iran didn’t create this drawback,” he stated.
