Rubio arrives in India's Jamnagar, home to the world's biggest oil refinery, as the US hunts buyers for Venezuelan crude
Marco Rubio, with Saida Mirziyoyeva, during a visit to Uzbekistan. The US Secretary of State called India a "refining superpower" able to handle Venezuelan heavy crude as Washington presses New Delhi to cut its Russian…
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is due to tour Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries complex in Gujarat, which can process about 1.4 million barrels a day. Washington is pressing New Delhi to cut its Russian oil imports. Rubio called India a 'refining superpower' able to handle heavy crude. He says Reliance can take more Venezuelan oil as output rises.
Rubio said the India-US trade deal is weeks away, with '99% of the work' done.
'Countries fight wars over energy,' Rubio warned, citing threats to Hormuz and the Red Sea.
In Mumbai he also met billionaire Gautam Adani, whose US bribery charges were dropped in August.
