Indian PM rejects call by U.S., EU to curtail Iran oil imports

TEHRAN,Feb.12(MNA)--India resists pressure from the U.S. and the EU to curtail its trade with Iran, insisting that diplomacy is the best way to deal with Iran’s nuclear issue, according to the Washington Post. The U.S. and its Western allies want India to curtail oil imports from Iran. Iran is India's second-largest crude oil supplier after Saudi Arabia. After a meeting with the EU president Herman Van Rompuy in New Delhi on Friday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told reporters that he believes the nuclear issue “can be and should be resolved by giving maximum scope to diplomacy.”