India's monthly energy purchases from Russia less than what Europe does in an afternoon, Jaishankar reminds US
India has said that it has a "decent sense" of what is in its interest and knows well how to "protect and advance it" while emphasising that ensuring their energy and food security remains a legitimate concern of countries as a global fallout of the ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia. New Delhi's stand on the situation in Ukraine was once again conveyed to Washington on Monday by Prime Narendra Modi during his virtual meeting with the US President Joe Biden and the face-to-face India-US 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue held between Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and their US counterparts, Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken. As the US continues to press its allies and partners not to increase their purchases of Russian energy, India highlighted that there are bigger concerns of rising prices, increasing premiums and limited supplies besides energy and food security which demand an urgen