US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti has said that the United States had encouraged India to purchase Russian oil to stabilise global commodity prices. Speaking at an event hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations last week, Ambassador Garcetti stated, "They brought Russian Oil because we wanted somebody to buy Russian oil at a price cap, that was not a violation.

US Ambassador Eric Garcetti: ‘Wanted India to buy Russian oil to stabilise prices’

US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti has said that 'anything is on the table' when asked to comment about a report mentioning that a US committee has recommended India's name to be included in the West-led North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO).

‘Anything is on the table’: US envoy Eric Garcetti to WION on India’s chances of joining NATO Plus

This is a busy time for the India-US relationship where the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit the United States in the month of June. From a NATO plus alliance to the sale of F-16s to cooperation in the Indo-Pacific and the PM’s visit to the US in June- Ambassador Eric Garcetti speaks to WION.

Eric Garcetti on India-US relations and PM Modi's June visit to the US