Russia’s Lavrov says US diesel deal working, prices coming down

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the accord under which Russia is to supply diesel to the US and world markets is already working and lowering prices, writing in a piece published on Tuesday in Moscow daily Kommersant.

Lavrov said Russia was distinct from the West in not using its economy to score political points against countries seen as adversaries or competitors.

“Since 2022, we have supplied Europe with energy resources worth $320 billion,” Lavrov wrote in Kommersant.

“An important contribution to energy security was the agreement between the Russian and US ⁠leaders to suspend restrictions on ⁠the export of Russian diesel. We have already started implementing it, which immediately brought prices down.”