Reference News Network, September 8 report - According to the website of The Indian Express, on September 7, Indian parliamentarian Shashi Tharoor said that India "has nothing to apologize for" because India handles related matters "very maturely." At the same time, he criticized the United States for unfairly targeting New Delhi alone and pointed out that "Europe pays more money to Russia than we do."
Tharoor said: "I think we have absolutely nothing to apologize for. India has been very mature in all these issues." He said that even past U.S. governments "encouraged" New Delhi to buy Russian oil to "stabilize global prices."
The report said that Tharoor's remarks were a response to U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who previously said, "India will sit at the negotiation table, they will say sorry, and eventually reach an agreement with President Trump."
Tharoor said: "Turkey buys more Russian oil and gas than us. Europe doesn't buy oil and gas, but they buy other Russian products, so they pay much more money to Russia than we do." He called this "a mistake in U.S. policy," and said the criticism against India "is not based on facts and makes no sense."
He added: "I think Lutnick must understand that we are a sovereign country, just like them. They can make their own sovereign decisions, and we will also make our own sovereign decisions." (Translation by Guo Jun)
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