'Not aware of any conversation between Modi and Trump yesterday' : India

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

69% : The Indian government is having in mind the national interest in the first place and our cooperation in energy is very much in tune with those interests.
64% : Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said Russia is confident India will continue to cooperate with the country on energy resources.
61% : Russian Ambassador to India Denis Alipov said India's decisions on oil imports are guided by its "national interests.''
56% : He said India is a significant importer of oil and gas and ensuring stable energy prices and secured supplies have been the twin goals of India's energy policy. ''
42% : Trump said Prime Minister Modi had assured him India would not buy oil from Russia.
41% : Trump said yesterday that Prime Minister Modi has agreed to stop buying Russian oil.
40% : He said they only saw signals in the media (that India will allegedly stop buying Russian oil. ''
24% : New Delhi, Oct 16 (UNI) India today denied information about any conversation between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump in which the Prime Minister had ''assured'' the US President that India would stop buying Russian oil.

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