Delhi says US never raised India's Russian oil purchases in earlier trade talks

India's purchases of Russian oil had not been raised in earlier trade talks with the US before the public announcement of tariffs, Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said at an Economic Times forum event in New Delhi, Report informs via Reuters.

"If the argument is oil, then there are (other) big buyers. If argument is who is trading more (with Russia), then there are bigger traders," he said.