WASHINGTON, October 12. /TASS/. US President Donald Trump has described the decision to reach an agreement with Russia on diesel fuel supplies as the right choice.
"The European Union paid Russia 250 billion dollars for energy, and the fake news media doesn’t want to get near that story. I made the right choice for the American people," the US leader wrote on Truth Social.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Trump discussed oil product supplies among other things in a phone call on October 9. The Russian head of state said that Moscow had reaffirmed its readiness to supply oil and petroleum products to the US and global market. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said Russia will lift its ban on diesel exports ahead of schedule and is ready to supply 300,000 tons of diesel in October, increasing the volume to 500,000 tons in November and 1 million tons in December. Monthly supplies could subsequently reach 3 million tons further down the road. The US administration, in turn, issued a general license authorizing Russian diesel supplies to the global market until April 7, 2027.