Islamabad, like neighboring India, wants to buy cheap Russian oil. Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said: Wrote The Times of India newspaper.
“We wanted to buy cheap Russian crude like India, but that didn’t happen because unfortunately my government fell through a vote of no confidence,” he said.
Imran Khan took over the government of Pakistan in 2018. He resigned after a vote of no confidence by the Parliament in April 2022. On February 24, 2022, Imran Khan visited Moscow, becoming the first Pakistani prime minister to visit Russia in 23 years.
In the second half of March, the spokesperson of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria Zakharova statedCompanies from Russia and Pakistan are discussing the issue of Russia’s oil supply to the South Asian country. Need deliveries beginning in May 2023.
As early as April 10, Vortexa analysts sent According to data, in March 2023, Russia was the leader in oil supply to India for the sixth month in a row. The share of Russian oil in Indian imports rose to 34% in March.