Russian Ambassador to India Denis Alipov on Thursday said that India’s decisions on energy imports are guided by its “national interests” and that Moscow’s cooperation with New Delhi in this area aligns with those priorities.

Responding to a question on whether India will continue importing Russian oil, Alipov said, “This is the question for the Indian government. The Indian Government is having in mind the national interest of this country in the first place, and our cooperation in energy is very much in tune with those interests.”

His remarks came after the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) reaffirmed India’s independent approach to energy sourcing, following comments by US President Donald Trump, who claimed Prime Minister Narendra Modi had assured him that India would stop purchasin

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