'It's my moral duty to ensure best deal', S. Jaishankar on India's oil imports from Russia

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar was in Bangkok to attend the 9th India-Thailand Joint Commission meeting as both countries celebrate 75 years of the establishment of diplomatic relations. He defended India's crude oil imports from Russia and termed it the 'best deal' for the nation. Addressing the Indian community in Bangkok, he discussed the rise in energy prices across the world due to the Russia-Ukraine war and said,'We have been open about its interest. I have a nation with a per capita income of USD 2000, there are not people who can afford higher energy prices. It's my moral duty to ensure the best deal.'
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[@splinterelements]

There's not a single day when my respect for Honorable Dr S. Jaishankar doesn't elevate leaps and bounds. What a magnificent personality..

[@nazninsultana6359]

1111111111111111#

[@wellington8487]

Dr. Jaishankar has set a benchmark for Indian external affairs. Nothing short of it now would be acceptable in future too from the upcoming foreign ministers of India.

[@abinisaac3613]

9999

[@bobanthilak4943]

He's a patriot...genius... wish he could become our next prime minister

[@ajaxjaiswal3442]

Great suggestion i will look into it.

[@hindurastra6716]

No modi has leadership quality and oratery

[@greennature143]

@@ajaxjaiswal3442 lol

[@zenwalker8515]

🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️

[@babitapandhare1889]

@@ajaxjaiswal3442 lol😭

[@sundareshanal1849]

Pleasure all the way. This man is such a gift for us in the political theater after his glorious stint as a diplomat.

[@anildamodaran]

So true. I wish there are many more technocrats and diplomats who can make it into ministerial positions.

[@ShivamSharma-rr6tr]

Anybody who doesn’t know , s Jaishankar’s father was also a great analyst and columnist on international affairs . I don’t know if he is alive or not , if he is alive he must be very proud of him .

[@umardharini2011]

Hey Dude !! Certainly By God's grace Mr.Swaminathan ( Senior Jaishankar ) is sound and healthy !! , Even his Younger Brother is a Legend in his Career ( Artist)

[@amarjyoti444]

@@umardharini2011 dude his father Mr. K. Subrahmanyam died in 2011.

[@amarjyoti444]

yep. He was the brain behind our nuclear doctrine.

[@arkabanerjee1627]

V diplomatic person..for india .a great diplomat..v soft spoken..but with correct assertion..over his view

[@mvbhaktha]

Dr. Jaishankar is the best Foreign minister we ever had in these 75 years. No one can come even close to him. He knows exactly what he speaks with no ambiguity, excellent display of political acumen with presence of mind, no beating around the bush - I wish he continues to be for another 2-3 terms. Respects to him 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@sankarganeshp1971]

Beg your pardon. Ms Sushma Swaraj was also fantastic EAM. Let us give her due credit as well. I wouldn't compare them considering different backdrop was presented to them.

[@sauravjyoti9326]

Just think for a while, if all the ministers, MLA’s, MP’s of the country would have been such educated and knowledgeable

[@RitwikRaghav]

Intention matters more than education.

[@parag803]

He is like "sidhi baat, no bakwas ". He works on the principle of india first.

[@greendrone6255]

lol, 2/3 of the oil prices indians are paying are taxes, if he was sidhi baat... he would have told that in the answer, " that we are putting high taxes and we are not going to reduce them so we need cheaper oil from russia " what he is saying is hypocritical bakwaas

[@parag803]

@@greendrone6255 both are different matters, he asked about russian oil idiot. Internal taxes are different matter and it doesnt come in his ministerial portfolio.

[@palaniappanarunachalam522]

As usual the honourable minister is excellent in communicating the India 's view point to the Indian diaspora. As a participant expressed if the minister speakes the world listens. He is a greatest asset to our country. I have not heard of even opposition parties making damaging comments/ or criticize him. That is his credentials.

[@sambuddhahazrachaudhuri119]

The more you listen to this man , the more your respect grows.

[@abhishek4mrkl]

When people like him represent our Great Nation there’s no one in the world that would try to ignore our opinions our disrespect our interests as a nation. Jai Hind

[@rockyabhay]

Mr Jaishankar, one of the few people who just don't talk about dreams but talks about things that are actually getting done.

[@sb9060]

gem of Indian cabinet.

[@amarendrabhowmick8896]

Yes when he speaks the world listens.

[@sankarganeshp1971]

Do they any other option other than agreeing...

[@amarendrabhowmick8896]

Man of distinction,man of resolve,man of substance.modi govt is lucky to get this brilliant mind.

[@asgarahamedali8268]

Then how can we supposed to pay higher fuel prices even after importing cheap crude oil from Russia. Not only India every European country is importing oil from Russia and also Saudia Arabia do importing oil from Russia.

[@amarendrabhowmick8896]

@@asgarahamedali8268 ,ask modiji.good query.

[@amarendrabhowmick8896]

@@asgarahamedali8268 ,sorry quiry.

[@vatsalsingh1555]

@@asgarahamedali8268 Lol europe decreasing its oil and gas supply in next few years and is planning to end it sooner while india has increased oil supply by 5-10 times and that's why government reduced oil prices in may 5-7 Rs, you muslims will never find anything good about this government.

[@shamimhuq2134]

We from Bangladesh look up to you and Russia for our well being. Thanks !!

[@Hindkibaat1508]

Please save Hindus there... don't let Bangladesh become Pakistan

[@lostashmish]

Bro at least raise voice against everyday call and everyday execution of "Kaafirs are Wajub-E-Qatl"...

[@zainabk9165]

Sir do not get trapped in clutches of Chin

[@saraswathykrishnan1718]

U are lucky u have India as ur neighbour _ no need to spend a large amount of ur budget on defense like India since it is not a terrorist country

[@SuperAdobeFlash]

Ghar mein nahin dane , amma chali bhunane!

[@varshitharamakumar9431]

Thank you for posting the whole interview!

[@RajendraSingh-ii6px]

Whole session was interesting...Love and respect for S JaiShankar sir

[@manivannandurairaj3668]

Dr jayashankar sir you are the pillar of in India.

[@lesmadhavji3164]

indian, now canadian, I am proud of you your quality , the way you talk , the way you think, what you represent, also wondering if you are training someone with you when you will not be there blessings to you

[@alanmann6099]

Congratulations India. You are blessed to have a foreign minister of such intelligence and eloquence. From Dublin 🇮🇪 Ireland 💚🇮🇳

[@Jockey24]

Fantastic Person and best External Minister probably in 75 Years.

[@ashwwal3409]

It is great listening to our F.M .

[@prameshpurkayastha7614]

After modi. The most qualified person to be PM

[@ratnajothinavaratnam790]

TKNR.THANKS.THE FOREIGN MINISTER MR.JAISANKAR HAVE CORRECTLY EXPLAINED TO THE WHOLE WORLD COMMUNITIES.

[@johndoe-vc1we]

54:30 the oil bit starts here, he answers at 57:50

[@depth513]

thank u, really appreciate it

[@parthadutta987]

Like any season diplomat, He reserved the best dish for the last. WE ARE NOT PROMOTING POTATO CHIPS.

[@Exam_Watch]

This is as if MEA is giving it back to Western model of capitalism. Dealing with them in their own language. Finds the best market for oil, buys oil from it without giving second thought to so-called shallow and selective allegations of human rights violation and principles of democracy!

[@johndoe-vc1we]

I'd not be surprised that there was some wink wink from the west as it creates openings for the Euros if India & China buy Russian oil. This is not India giving the west the finger.

[@ramkrishnapandey4649]

Clarity of thought.

[@jkishan1964]

Jai Jai Shiv Shankar 🌹🌹

[@SuperAdobeFlash]

People commenting here forget that his bravery, straight fwd ness etc that we like is a result of Modi's leadership. Ministers follow their leader's agenda not their own.

[@recursionr2190]

India's best ministers in order. 1 Nirmala Seetharaman 2 Nithin Gadkari 3 S jayashankar 4 Ashwini vaishnav. You like it or not, Nirmala is the kingpin.

[@beyoung938]

sorry to say this nirmala sitharaman unfit for finance minister post....

[@Anurag-jf9tc]

Nirmala my dear😅 People are blind like u, cheers😂

[@digvijaysinghkailey1013]

nirmala 🤡🤡

[@wyomgupta7575]

nirmila sitaramen is a highly educated and farsighted woman, not everyone understands that, i would include smriti irani also in this list tho

[@732anoop]

He should be our foreign minister for next 10 years.

[@mc8631]

Bravo💪❤

[@upadhyayrathiraj1518]

Mr Saraf asked the question which has been in our hearts for a long time 👏.

[@pradnyasood6667]

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 So much respect for you Sir.

[@DeletedAccountForSure]

Last question was so sweet

[@vinaykumar-jv1ku]

nice 👍

[@verma.ashish]

I just watched him at Red fort and now he is at Thailand.

[@manishkanojia7497]

India should send Ukranian Ambassador back. Enough is enough, it's bad they are attacked but targeting India again and again for purchasing Russian oil is insane.

[@vkb1394]

Jaishankar could be one day PM of India

[@plum_loco]

Is there a way to replicate him and replace all those in the Indian parliament, and in the Indian govt. in general? Please find a way to do so.

[@raghuka4916]

You have not added one important topic tourism India can solely exist on tourism if it cleans up all tourist area and improve infrastructur Buddhism is the religion of Thailand and India home of many tourist buddist areas if you can improve facilities we can have millions of tourists visiting our Buddist sites Tourism is a neglected concept in India

[@teflondave7823]

I don't agree with him on the vaxx policy. But I like this man. Greetings from Germany.

[@sumitprakash4650]

This man has separate fanbase in india

[@akshitkathait7955]

And in our neighborhood as well

[@allrone792]

Development of today is linked to more consumption of natural resources and this is not a good policy. Our development should be keeping in mind conservation of resources so that future generations have a strong resource base and a clean and prosperous resource base. This means a rethink on the way we think of development per se.

[@chandrashekarputhran2407]

He is the persona embodiment. A diplomat during both singh(sonia) govt., and modi. That's why modi.... Modi..... all over the world wherever he visited or not. Covid vivid crisis management on mobile to a billion populations & two billion shots. W. H. O. please publish, express, say that which developed countries did it digitally on simple mobiles. Quotes of democracy & to the earth, sky, fire & jal(💧). Otherwise our duty to the universities and Universe would save the world without bombs.

[@raj-nz4bj]

48:48 what you are looking for.

[@hpremjit]

Give the infra, provide ease of doing business, make policies which will nurture Indian manufacturing but don't spoon feed them, only then quality products will be made out of India for Indians and for export. I think the present govt is doing just that.

[@mallianumula5643]

Jaishankar forgot about for our movies :) our Movie industry going sky rocket in coming years .. it just we r not promoting, if we can convert all our movies to Thai language , it can create wonders, especially telugu movies :) I think rich NRICs can look into this area, tie with thai production companies and dubb all our movies to thai .. at least good movies.. there r many good movies coming now.. sure they like it

[@nvinothh]

🎉

[@aadarshsingh6456]

03:56 Toung slip. It's 2 Billion or 200 Crore

[@hindolbhattacharya9715]

International = 2 billion is Indian = 200 Crore

[@aadarshsingh6456]

@@hindolbhattacharya9715 yes exactly what I said.

[@shivamchoubisa1932]

There is no toung slip bro he was speaking about both the doses

[@shivamchoubisa1932]

He was talking about first dose and second dose

[@hindolbhattacharya9715]

@@shivamchoubisa1932 India has 1.5 billion people. If every citizen has got 3 doses (unikely), then number of doses would be 4.5 billion, which is far less than 200 billion. So guess its a slip of tongue, not uncommon having to juggle two different number systems unlike in the west.

[@sitanshuchaulia4486]

His Excellency Honourable Foreign Minister of #India.Respected Sir. Great Involved #Statesman Decision Maker along the lines of #Foreign policy Sir.With All Due & Sincere Respect Sir;As #India is quite quite Capable from Our #Highest & #Top Three of Our #Leaderships Sir; taking on #China as Our adversary; Let's talk Tough&Stand Meet #China Sir.

[@vinayzzzful]

I hope he gets to be the next PM after Modiji

[@nishamap8866]

hmmm hmmm

[@archanajha4458]

👌👍👆.........🌹😍🌹............😌

[@gopalmathur5516]

अभी भारत के इतने बुरे दिन नहीं आये कि शेखर गुप्ता के चैनल दी प्रिंट से जानकारी लें।

[@sanjaynegi4840]

Why?

[@gopalmathur5516]

Pl know the history of The Print and Shekhar Gupta's reportings

[@hindurastra6716]

People who make carrier by bashing modi in gujarat riots

[@sanjaynegi4840]

@@gopalmathur5516 kaha se history padhi what's app University se🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@hindurastra6716]

@@sanjaynegi4840 bhai sickular ka chasma hata

[@invisible2088]

But we are not getting petrol at discounted price...... Russian crude oil is refined by private companies to export and PSU are taking minimal quantity.....

[@asgarahamedali8268]

What we have achieved by importing oil from Russia, the fuel prices remain same or escalated. CAD is more than $ 30 billions per month since February 2022,( at the start of conflict between Russia and Ukraine) we have $ 620 billions as external debt of which $ 267 billions short term external debt again we have to pay back $ 79 billions in this September and October 2022.balance of about $ 188 billions by February and March 2023 and our Forex Reserve is declining every month. Overall total debt could eat away our exports and our Reserve by this December 2022 or January 2023 if CAD is not brought under control ,hence we are at tight corner and may face certain recession in the country in near future.

[@johndoe-vc1we]

Inflation will remain under control, the growth rate will be maintained. Obvious no ? where is the talk about double-digit inflation like we hear in the west? hehe. Russian oil now makes up 20% of our imports, the same as China.

[@asgarahamedali8268]

@@johndoe-vc1we As of now North, Central,East and Western India are facing severe recession, according to continue Bollywood film flops against good response getting in southern part of India in terms of success of their Reginal films. Naturally main indicators for recession being money spending for films by people start with entertainment sector which would show how our reality is.

[@asgarahamedali8268]

@@johndoe-vc1we How come WPI being higher than the CPI, then only you can see the real inflation figure.

[@johndoe-vc1we]

@@asgarahamedali8268 what are the figures ?

[@thekaransin]

@@johndoe-vc1we Bollywood films are flopping due to bad movies and boycott culture by movie goers. On the other hand south indian movies are massive hits everywhere due to great movie making. Why are you trying to manipulate facts

[@krishnachaitanya1220]

We gave azadi to convicts of gangrape 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 modi hai to mumkin hai

[@sumitdutta7043]

Wdym ?

[@FunNFury]

Hope he is the next P.M...

[@alameri563]

@32:44 wrong Pakistan is 1st indepandance not India

[@johnnytoscano1145]

What does the Indian common man gain by sourcing low priced oil? The fuel and cooking gas prices keep spiralling. Actions speak louder than words. Lower the fuel and cooking gas prices. It is only talk, talk and more talk.

[@desigulal]

Wish you had shown some courage in handling nupur sharma's case internationally

[@impossible9599]

Sometimes it's necessary to not answer vocally in some matters especially when you're dealing with brainless people and extremist religion

[@alameri563]

@ 41:00 respetfull for everything but not for other religion, is this he means?

[@paparazzi.IndianFootball]

Kuchh nahi vro.... Bass Jaishankar ka follower hone ka ghamand hai 🗿

[@OrwellsHousecat]

Soft power is not by the gov - nope, not true, in fact on the contrary. Look at the leaders in soft power (the west) in detail, especially when they pivot from one ideology to another, and you'll see how the strings are pulled.

[@sambuddhahazrachaudhuri119]

Soft power in its true sense can't be coercive or weaponized. It is actually the core strength of a culture that by virtue of its inherent goodness weaves it's magic and influence on others. The example you gave is of fourth fifth gen warfare and not soft power.

[@OrwellsHousecat]

@@sambuddhahazrachaudhuri119 in this context that is a distinction without a difference

[@asimnomani]

I hate BJP but it would be dishonesty from my part if I do not praise Dr S Jaishankar. Honorable Dr S Jaishankar who has Masters in political science and M.Phil. and PhD in international relations was an unknown figure for Indian masses but he has earned respect from all strata of population. Modi has definitely given us a gem as MEA.

[@SuperAdobeFlash]

Sorry but he is here because of our great leader Mr Modi. He would be a retired babu by now disappeared in oblivion

[@asimnomani]

@@SuperAdobeFlash I agree.

[@homayuns2165]

Well , there are 2 side of coin. You save a few bucks on cheap oil but you lose your moral values and trust , friendship and business from some other countries. It is not a win win situation that politicians always claim and it is not just about cheap oil but its about India taking side with Russia on this invasion.

[@alameri563]

@54:49 He is famouse for an iterview in Europe, how stupid is the world or this forgen minister , if the Oil & Gas is worth of one night equlent of Europe, why the qustion reased it self or Putin met Modi for disconted deal for oil & gas price for India? we are i crazy world.

[@NASIM-ANWAR]

He is saying that we have to ensure the benefit of Indian people but i failed to understand how he is benefitting indian people to buy cheaper oil from Russia. After buying cheaper oil from Russia this government still selling on huge price in Indian market. How it is benefitting indians? Making fool to the people in the name of people welfare

[@jainaproudmoore3598]

He should be our next PM

[@tatakae9102]

He won't be able to tell about Russian oil imports after 5 yrs.Why?? One who answers will get a cookie

[@pingfeynman3127]

建设国家，是个工程项目，不是个商业项目，需要的是多方合作和务实投入。嘴巴上说的越漂亮，在一定程度上来说就越危险。以印度现在的水平，25年时间内发展为发达国家，简直是痴人说梦。说实话，就算对于中国，也不是一个容易的目标。

[@anujjain8449]

First 😁

[@alameri563]

He is just pupped of Modi

[@ravijani7284]

I find S Jaishankar more of a politician nowadays then an administrator. We are a country where data isn't available publicly to cross check many claims made my politicians.

[@TTT-uk3cn]

Sleepy accent. Need to be more fluent Jai Hind

[@jineshjillsgeorge]

He won't be. He is not a " Hindi". As no non "Hindi" could become our PM under the present dispensation

[@OrwellsHousecat]

Good.

[@Rohit-Yaduvanshi]

Modi is gujrati not hindi Also Manmohan Singh was Sikh (minority)

[@achoudhury4534]

@@Rohit-Yaduvanshi hindi is a language and not community. Btw Devagowda was not frim Hindi speaking.

[@Ankit-ql2cd]

It's upto us if we want to make him PM we can and the way our country and people love him soon we may see him in PM mode it will all be on us

[@indianfoodie9403]

@jinesh kills George great, think of another way to create division in the country. BTW what is/was the first language of Shri Narasimha Rao, Manmohan Singh ji and, for that matter Modiji?

[@greendrone6255]

step 1 buy oil for cheaper prices 😀 step 2 then put high taxes on oil, where 60 -70% of consumer price goes to governments😍 step 3 high oil prices create economic distress, affects poor citizens, while government earns billions🤑😍 step 4 when questioned about oil purchase- preach about moral duty, hide behind poverty your citizens face etc.,😇🥺😭 step 5 do it again and again🤣😀🤣

[@asgarahamedali8268]

He failed to address decimal performance of our exports since February 2022

[@DeletedAccountForSure]

Exports are highest, but muslims will never be happy 😜

[@rohitgupta82]

Please can you share your sources for economic data

[@asgarahamedali8268]

@@rohitgupta82 Economic Times of India and Business Standard.

[@shinonomebapat]

All arrogance and bakvas.