New York (PTI): India’s purchase of Russian oil is not a “bedrock” of the Indian economy, and the country is starting to diversify its energy buys, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said, noting that New Delhi will make its own decisions and Washington is not dictating to other nations on who they can have relations with.

"India has not always bought so much Russian oil. They've always had strong relationships with Russia, but it's really in the past two or three years that they started buying Russian oil at a discount, not only for consumption, but also for refining and resale,” Greer said during a conversation hosted by The Economic Club of New York here last week.

“So it's not like this is some bedrock part of the Indian economy. This is something we believe they can do and shoul

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