During a joint press briefing with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov on August 21, India’s External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar highlights the facts about India’s energy trade, stating China and the EU are leading buyers of Russian oil and LNG, and addresses Western criticism, pointing out U.S. calls for global energy market stability, including Indian oil purchases from Russia and the USA. Jaishankar questions the inconsistent logic behind media narratives targeting India.