Truss: "I am not going to tell India what to do"

Bolstering ties with India is more important than ever before in the context of the Ukraine war, UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said, Report informs, citing Anadolu.

"Strengthening relations with India is more important than it has ever been, precisely because we are living in a more insecure world…because we have Putin's appalling invasion of Ukraine and violation of Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity," Truss said at the first India-UK Strategic Futures Forum shortly after holding talks with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar.

To a question about New Delhi's push to procure Russian oil at discounted rates, she said: "I have outlined the UK's approach to sanctions and the fact we are ending our dependence on Russian oil...India is a sovereign nation. I am not going to tell India what to do."