External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Saturday (February 14, 2026) denied that India’s strategic autonomy had been impacted because of claims that it was reducing the amount of Russian oil in its energy import mix due to the recent trade agreement with the United States.
“We are very much wedded to strategic autonomy,” said Mr. Jaishankar at an event on India and Germany navigating global uncertainty with German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul at the Munich Security Conference.
He was responding to a question from the moderator, Financial Times Editor Roula Khalaf, on whether the recently announced trade framework with the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump…