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Australia does not ‘need or want Russian fuel’, Chris Bowen says, after Trump deal to buy diesel from Putin

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Energy and climate change minister says Russia should not be rewarded for ‘illegal and immoral invasion of Ukraine’ Australia’s energy minister has said Russia “should not be rewarded for their illegal and immoral invasion of Ukraine” after US President Donald Trump struck a deal with Vladimir Putin to buy diesel from the country.

The energy and climate change minister, Chris Bowen, said on Saturday Australia did not “need or want Russian fuel” while updating reporters on the country’s fuel reserves.

Trump wrote on social media on Saturday morning Australian time that after a “highly successful discussion” with Putin, Russia had agreed to immediately supply “300,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel” to US and global markets, which would be followed by half a million tons in November rising later to three million tons, depending on “the condition of [Russia’s] diesel refineries.”

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