NEW DELHI: India only abides by sanctions imposed by the United Nations and not those imposed by any other country, such as ones announced by the United States against Iran, India’s foreign minister said on Monday.
US President Donald Trump this month withdrew the United States from the Iran nuclear deal and ordered the reimposition of US sanctions against Iran that were suspended under the 2015 accord.
But Indian foreign minister Sushma Swaraj said New Delhi’s position was independent of any other country.
“India follows only UN sanctions, and not unilateral sanctions by any country,” she said at a news conference in response at a question on India’s response to the US decision.
India and Iran have long-standing political and economic ties, with Iran one of India’s top oil suppliers.
Later on Monday, Swaraj will meet Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif who arrived in New Delhi to build support against the US rejection of the nuclear accord.
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India says it only follows UN sanctions, not unilateral US sanctions on Iran
India says it only follows UN sanctions, not unilateral US sanctions on Iran
- Indian foreign minister Sushma Swaraj said New Delhi’s position was independent of any other country
- Iran has also been in talks with European leaders over the nuclear deal
German foreign minister says he confident NATO will remain as is
- Wadephul said NATO was “the most successful defense alliance in the world”
BERLIN: German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said on Wednesday that he had no doubt that NATO’s members remained united and was confident that the defense alliance would remain as it is.
“The United States stands by the defense of the alliance and also stands by its alliance with Europe,” Wadephul told a joint press conference in Paris with his counterparts from India, France and Poland.
“I have not the slightest doubt that we stand together in the closest possible unity and that this alliance will remain exactly what it has always been: the most successful defense alliance in the world,” he added.
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