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Pakistan to increase oil purchases from Russia amid crisis in Strait of Hormuz — envoy

TASS · · 199 words

Pakistani Ambassador Faisal Niaz Tirmizi stated in an interview with TASS that Pakistan is seeking to increase oil imports from Russia and explore new pipeline options. This shift is presented as a response to instability in the Strait of Hormuz and a broader goal of increasing Eurasian connectivity.

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“Pakistan will increase oil imports from Russia due to the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz”
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While evidence confirms a '2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis' and that India may increase Russian oil imports due to the blockade, there is no specific evidence in the provided results confirming that Pakistan specifically will increase imports from Russia as a direct result of this crisis.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 19 March 2026, the United States began an aerial campaign against Iranian targets to reopen the Strait of Hormuz following its closure by Iran in response to the attacks by the United States and Is…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_campaign
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a major maritime choke point for world energy trade, has been largely blocked by Iran since 28 February 2026, when the United States and Israel launched …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_crisis
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Strait of Hormuz () is a waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. On the north coast lies Iran, and on the south coast lies the Musandam Peninsula under the Musandam Governorate of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Hormuz
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“We produce about 10% of the energy resources we need ourselves”
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The provided evidence discusses Pakistan's labor force, population, and specific natural gas production (4 bcfd vs 6 bcfd demand), but does not provide a total percentage of energy resources produced domestically versus needed.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the second-largest Muslim popu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pakistanis (Urdu: پاكِستانى قوم, romanized: Pākistānī Qaum, lit. 'Pakistani Nation') are the citizens and nationals of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Pakistan is the fifth-most populous country, w…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistanis
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Punjab is a province of Pakistan. With a population of over 127 million, it is the most populous Pakistani province and the second most populous subnational polity in the world. Located in the central…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjab,_Pakistan
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“the rest is imported, mainly from the Persian Gulf countries”
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The evidence confirms that Persian Gulf countries are major exporters of oil and fertilizers and that the US imports from them, but there is no specific data in the provided text regarding the proportion of Pakistan's energy imports coming from the Persian Gulf.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (Arabic: مَجلِس التَّعَاوُن لِدُوَلِ الْخَلِيْجِ الْعَرَبِيَّة), also known as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC; Arabic: مجلس التعاون الخليجي),…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_Cooperation_Council
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gulf War was an armed conflict between Iraq and a 42-country coalition led by the United States. The coalition's efforts were in two phases: Operation Desert Shield, which marked the military buil…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Khalij-e Fars (Persian: موشک خلیج فارس, "Persian Gulf") is an Iranian single-stage solid-propellant, supersonic anti-ship quasi ballistic missile with a range of 300 km based on the Fateh-110 missile.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Gulf_(missile)
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“alternative pipelines from Turkmenistan and even from Russia to South Asia will also be discussed”
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Multiple sources confirm energy cooperation and pipeline discussions involving Turkmenistan and Russia. Specifically, the TAPI pipeline (Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India) is documented, and a web search result explicitly states Pakistan accepted offers from Russia and Turkmenistan for the Casa-1000 power supply project.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Central Asia is a region of Asia consisting of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and most of Kazakhstan. The countries as a group are also colloquially referred to as the "-stans" as a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Asia
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Turkmenistan is a landlocked country in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan to the north, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest, and the Caspian Sea to the west…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkmenistan
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India (TAPI) is a natural gas pipeline being developed by the Galkynysh – TAPI Pipeline Company Limited with participation of the Asian Development Bank. The pipeline…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakis…
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“Russia is a major supplier of both oil and energy resources”
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Multiple authoritative sources, including Investopedia and a list of top oil-producing countries, confirm Russia is a major global producer and exporter of oil and energy resources.
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web search NEUTRAL — Russia also provides 43% of global supplies of palladium, a precious material used for catalytic converters in cars. Europe accounts for over half of Russia's palladium exports.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia_in_the_European_energy_…
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web search NEUTRAL — a major global producer, and exporter of oil.
https://www.investopedia.com/investing/worlds-top-oil-produc…
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web search NEUTRAL — Top oil production by country. Bar chart shows global oil production in 2024, with the United States leading at 22,844 million barrels per day. Read on for a look at the 10 top oil producing countries…
https://investingnews.com/daily/resource-investing/energy-in…
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