“Every nation has right…” White House official on India buying Russian energy products
Sep 07, 2023
Washington DC (USA), September 07 (ANI); US National Security Council (NSC) coordinator for strategic communications John Kirby while responding to a question about India buying oil from Russia said that every sovereign nation has to make their own decisions.“We encourage, as I said, all nations to purchase oil in accordance with the price cap. We also –-- from the United States' perspective, we don’t believe that this is a time for business as usual with Putin and with Russia. Every nation has to make their own sovereign decisions. We have been nothing but clear and consistent with all of our allies and partners about where we come in on economic opportunities and trade with Russia. But every just – every sovereign nation has to make these decisions for themselves," says John Kirby, NSC Coordinator for Strategic Communications.
