Kremlin Downplays India's Oil Diversification Plan, Cites Existing Multi-Source Strategy

• The Kremlin stated it sees nothing new in India's plan to diversify oil imports, noting India has always sourced crude from multiple countries.
• Indian Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal announced India would diversify energy sources for security amid changing global circumstances.
• Goyal's statement followed US President Donald Trump's announcement of a US-India trade deal, which included a suggestion for India to halt Russian oil purchases.
• Trump's proposed trade deal involved slashing tariffs on Indian goods in exchange for India buying oil from the US and potentially Venezuela.
• Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov emphasized that Russia is not India's sole oil supplier and India has historically purchased from various nations.