Delhi faces sanctions if the US determines it has not made a sharp reduction in imports India is trying to avoid a showdown with the US over demands from Washington that it sharply drop its imports of oil from Iran.The US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, is in India on a three-day visit and has pushed India to instead increase oil purchases from other suppliers, such as Saudi Arabia, in an attempt to pressure Iran over its nuclear programme.
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday applauded India's efforts to reduce its imports of Iranian oil but urged it to cut them further to keep pressure on Tehran over its nuclear program. "We think India as a country unde... Read Post
As Delhi focuses on managing Washington’s pressure to reduce oil imports from Iran and avoid the imposition of unilateral U.S. economic sanctions on India, it could easily miss the unfolding power play in the Gulf between Tehran and... Read Post
A senior U.S. official says Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will use a two-day visit to India this week to urge further reductions in Indian imports of Iranian oil. Read Post