# Diesel deal clearly irritates US lawmakers, Lavrov says

https://mins.news/en/item/123175

- TASS, 2026-10-30 22:11 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/economy/2211287

> Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the Russia-US diesel deal irritates US lawmakers and that Moscow knows it. He said key bilateral issues remain unresolved, Washington has retained Biden-era sanctions and added measures against Lukoil and Rosneft, and continues supplying weapons to Ukraine through European countries.

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