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India chides 'double standards' of NATO's Russian oil threats
KIRAN SHARMA
NEW DELHI -- Dismissing NATO chief Mark Rutte's warning that countries like India, China and Brazil could be hit by secondary sanctions for continuing to buy Russian oil, New Delhi has said that "securing energy needs of our people is understandably an overriding priority for us."
"In this endeavor, we are guided by what is there on offer in the markets, as also by the prevailing global circumstances," Randhir Jaiswal, spokesperson at India's Ministry of External Affairs, said during a weekly media briefing on Thursday evening.
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