US President Donald Trump is the only person who has been going around telling the world that India plans to stop buying oil from its all-weather, longtime ally Russia, the foreign minister of the transcontinental nation said.

The remarks follow President Trump’s announcement earlier this week that he had rolled back an additional 25% tariff on Indian goods, a punitive measure Washington had tied to India’s ongoing purchases of Russian crude, as part of a broader India-US trade deal. 

FM Sergei Lavrov refutes Trump's claim on India's Russian oil purchases, emphasizing strong ties and energy security in BRICS.