Aug. 25 (UPI) -- India will continue buying oil from "wherever they get the best deal," Delhi's ambassador to Russia, Vinay Kumar, told Russian state-owned news, as the Trump administration applies pressure on the South Asian nation to stop sourcing its energy from Moscow.
Speaking to TASS on Sunday, the ambassador, Vinay Kumar, said India's objective is energy security for its 1.4 billion people, and U.S. criticism over its decision to continue to buy Russian oil "is unfair, unreasonable and unjustified."
"Government will continue taking measures, which will protect the national interest of the country," he said. "So, if the basis of commercial transaction trade imports are right, Indian companies will continue buying from wherever they get the best deal. So that's what the current situation is."
U.S. President Donald Trump has imposed a 50% tariff on Indian imports, of which 25% is a punitive tax applied over its continued purchase of Russian oil, which is to go into effect Thursday.
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