News - World: The Russian government has said that it will no longer rely on partners in the West for its energy trade and its new energy policy will be oriented toward the East, where it has more reliable customers such as India and China.

“To put it bluntly, the change is that we would not rely on any partners in the West anymore. We would not allow them to blow up the pipelines again,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters in the Indian capital, New Delhi, on Friday, making a reference to the Nord Stream pipelines that were reportedly blown up by the American military under direct orders from US President Joe Biden.

“Energy policy of Russia will be oriented towards reliable and credible partners. India and China are certainly among them,” said Lavrov, who had gone to India for the G20 summit.

Russia used to be Europe’s main supplier of energy in recent years. However, following the launch of Moscow’s offensive against Ukraine, which began more than a year ago, the US-led Europeans decided to ban the exports of energy resources from Russia.

Source: Press TV