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India is closely monitoring proposed US legislation imposing tariffs on Russian crude oil buyers
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India and China are major importers of Russian crude oil affected by the proposed US bill
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US Senator Lindsey Graham authored the bill, which President Trump has approved in principle
India on Friday said it is closely following developments relating to a proposed American legislation that seeks to impose up to 500 per cent tariff on countries procuring Russian crude oil.
India and China are among a handful of countries which are procuring a significant volume of crude oil from Russia.
US Senator Lindsey Graham, the author of the bill, said this week that President Donald Trump has green-lighted the proposed legislation.
"We are aware of the proposed bill. We are closely following the developments," External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said at his weekly media briefing here. "Our position on the larger question of energy sourcing is well known."
"In this endeavour, we are guided by the evolving dynamics of the global market and by the imperative to secure affordable energy from diverse sources to meet the energy security needs of our 1.4 billion people," he said.
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