A delegation of Pakistani officials is on a tour of Russia. During this, he wanted Russia to give him fuel at a discounted price, but after being refused, Pakistan got a big blow.
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Russia has Pakistan Has refused to give fuel at discounted price. Pakistani delegation in talks with Russian officials Crude oil But had demanded a discount of 30-40 percent, which Russia refused. A delegation of Pakistani officials is on a tour of Russia. During this, he wanted Russia to give him fuel at a discounted price, but after being refused, Pakistan got a big blow.
According to media reports, Pakistan’s delegation included Minister of State for Petroleum Musadik Malik, Petroleum Secretary Mohammad Mahmood, Joint Secretary in the Embassy of Pakistan in Moscow and other officials. He had made this demand during talks with Russian officials on Wednesday. It said that the talks ended without any concrete result.
Will give discount to big customers
Russia refused to provide fuel at a discount, but Russian officials asked the Pakistani delegation to first stick to its commitment to the flagship Pakistan Stream gas pipeline project from Karachi to Lahore, Punjab. Although Pakistan wants the model of the gas pipeline project to be changed, while Russia says that the model has already been finalized. There are only a few points, on which the final decision is yet to be taken. According to the report, Russia will continue to provide crude oil at a discounted price to those countries, which are their big customers.
India is Russia’s biggest oil importer
India is also included in the list of oil importers at discounted prices. The special thing is that India is the second largest oil importer in the world. Earlier India used to import maximum oil from Saudi Arabia, but now Russia is India’s largest oil exporter. If you look at the figures, it is known that Russia has become the first major oil exporting country of India, leaving behind Saudi Arabia and Iraq. According to the report, the total of all Russian oil imported by India till the month of March was 0.2 percent, but in the month of October, Russia supplied 935,556 barrels per day to India. On the other hand, India imports 22 percent of its total imports from Russia, 20.5 percent from Iraq and 16 percent from Saudi Arabia.
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