Moscow, Aug. 21 -- External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Thursday dismissed the notion that India is the largest importer of Russian oil, stressing that China and the European Union surpass India in buying Russian oil and LNG.

His remarks came in Moscow during a bilateral meeting with Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov, amid mounting pressure from US President Donald Trump to cut India's Russian oil purchases.

The minister expressed surprise at the US position, pointing out that India had increased its oil imports from America itself.

Trump recently imposed an additional 25% tariff on Indian goods over continued Russian oil imports, a move New Delhi has repeatedly defended as market-driven.

Despite US pressure, Jaishankar and ...