NEW DELHI: Foreign minister S Jaishankar strongly defended India’s oil imports from Russia after a meeting with his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock saying Europe can't make choices in line with its energy needs priorities and asked India at the same time to do something else. Jaishankar said the EU had imported 6 times more oil than India from Russia.
The meeting saw the 2 countries signing an Agreement on a Comprehensive Migration and Mobility Partnership which, the government said, will facilitate employment opportunities for fostering exchange of skills and talents. The German minister, who has been pushing her government to follow a more assertive China policy, hailed ties with India saying Germany, unlike with other countries in the region, shared a partnership of values with India and that India is not a substitute partner for China.
