Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Saturday said the Indian Prime Minister and External Affairs Minister have made it clear that India chooses its own partners. He made the remarks when asked about US secondary sanctions on India over Russian oil imports.
Sergey Lavrov said, “(The economic partnership between India and Russia) is not under threat… The Indian Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs have made it clear that India chooses its own partners. If the US has proposals on how to enrich bilateral trade between the US and India, they are prepared to discuss the terms for that, whatever terms the US might put forth. But when it comes to trade, investment, economic, military, technological, and other relations between India and third states, it is something that India