Will buy oil from any country: Puri

India, the world's third biggest oil importer and consumer, will continue to buy oil from any country that it has to, Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said asserting that no country has told New Delhi to stop buying oil from Russia.

India, which has not publicly condemned Moscow for its 'special military action' in Ukraine, has become Russia's No.2 oil buyer after China as Western buyers stopped trading with that country and its oil prices fell.

Puri, who is here for talks with the US authorities on clean energy, said the government has a moral duty to provide energy at affordable rates to consumers.