By Admin 
While announcing the US-India trade deal, US President Donald Trump had claimed that India will now stop buying oil from Russia. The reply of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has come out regarding this. The Ministry of External Affairs on Saturday (February 7, 2026) reiterated its old stand regarding the purchase of Russian oil. MEA said that India’s energy security remains the top priority of the government.
The Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement, ‘Diversifying India’s energy sources is the fundamental basis of our strategy. As far as India’s energy sources are concerned, the government has publicly stated on several occasions that ensuring energy security of 140 crore Indians is the government’s top priority.
MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, ‘Diversification of energy sources in line with market conditions and the changing international scenario is the mainstay of our strategy. All decisions of India have been taken from this perspective and will be taken in future also.
India again made its stand clear on Russian oil purchase
Actually, America wants India to completely stop buying oil from Russia. In this matter, India made it clear that the country’s energy needs are above any other consideration. This has been India’s consistent stance regarding the purchase of crude oil from Russia. America alleges that Russia uses the money it gets from oil for the Ukraine war. However, Russia has been vehemently denying this allegation.
MEA issued statement after White House’s claim
This statement of the Ministry of External Affairs comes after the White House’s claim that India has committed to stop purchasing oil from Russia directly or through any third country and buy oil from America. This statement was given by America at a time when it had announced the removal of 25 percent additional tariff as a penalty on India for purchasing Russian oil.
What did the Kremlin say about the ban on India’s purchase of Russian oil?
When the Kremlin was asked a question about this, it said that India is free to buy oil from wherever it wants. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that Russia is well aware that it is not the only country supplying oil and petroleum products to India. He said that India has always been buying these products from other countries. Therefore we do not find anything new in this.
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