After US President Donald Trump announced that India had assured him they would stop buying Russian oil, the Ministry of External Affairs has responded by releasing a statement.

It has stated that India’s steady focus is on protecting the interests of its consumers amid fluctuations in the global energy market.

On Wednesday, Trump said, “He’s (Modi) a friend of mine. We have a great relationship. I was not happy that India was buying oil. And he assured me today that they will not be buying oil from Russia. That’s a big stop. Now we have got to get China to do the same thing.”

Reacting to this, the Congress today accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of surrendering key policy decisions to Trump. “PM Modi is frightened of Trump,” Rahul Gandhi wrote on X. “He allows Trump to decide and a

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