New Delhi: India is “guided” by the necessity to “secure affordable energy” from a number of sources to meet its needs, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said Thursday, days after the US sanctioned two Russian oil firms including Rosneft, which has a large footprint in India.

“We are studying the implications of the recent US sanctions on Russian oil companies. Our decisions naturally take into account the evolving dynamics of the global market. Our position on the larger question of energy sourcing is well known. In this endeavour, we are guided by the imperative to secure affordable energy from diverse sources to meet the energy security needs of our 1.4 billion people,” Jaiswal said at a regular press briefing.

India has maintained that it will continue to pu

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