NEW DELHI, 11 April 2022, (TON): White House said “President Joe Biden will meet virtually with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at a time when the United States has made clear it does not want to see an uptick in Russian energy imports by India.”

Press Secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement "President Biden will continue our close consultations on the consequences of Russia's brutal war against Ukraine and mitigating its destabilizing impact on global food supply and commodity markets."

US Deputy National Security Adviser for International Economics Daleep Singh, who visited India recently, said “the United States will not set any red line for India on its energy imports from Russia but does not want to see a rapid acceleration in purchases.”

Lured by steep discounts following Western sanctions on Russian entities, India has bought at least 13 million barrels of Russian crude oil since the country invaded Ukraine.

That compared with some 16 million barrels for the whole of last year, data compiled by Reuters shows.