KAZAN, October 16. /TASS/. Demand for Russian oil deliveries remains consistently high in India, Director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Second Asian Department Alexey Pavlovsky told TASS in an interview on the sidelines of the 2nd Russian-Indian Business Forum "TIME: Tatarstan Initiative Mutual Efficiency."

"Yes, we know that this demand persists. At this point, Russian fuel constitutes more than a half of India’s energy mix," he said.

"We believe that this cooperation bolsters our partner’s energy security," the diplomat added.