Washington has been using trade talks to persuade New Delhi to give up on Russian supplies

The US is in “active negotiations” with India, which it hopes to persuade to import oil from Venezuela instead of Russia, the American ambassador in New Delhi has said.

The US issued licenses to two trading houses to distribute oil produced in Venezuela after kidnapping the Latin American nation’s leader, Nicolas Maduro, in early January and reaching a supply deal with interim president Delcy Rodriguez.

Washington has been using the ongoing trade negotiations to persuade New Delhi to give up on Russian oil supplies. India and China became the main buyers…

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