India is defending its decision to continue importing Russian energy despite pressure from the Biden administration. During a press conference on Monday, India’s external affairs minister, S. Jaishankar, pointed out Europe buys far more Russian oil and gas than India.

Subrahmanyam Jaishankar: “If you are looking at energy purchases from Russia, I would suggest that your attention should be focused on Europe, which probably — we do buy some energy, which is necessary for our energy security. But I suspect, looking at the figures, probably our total purchases for the month would be less than what Europe does in an afternoon. So, you might want to think about it.”