India, Dec. 4 -- Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said if the United States has the right to buy Russian fuel, why "shouldn't India have the same privilege."

The Russian leader made the remark in response to a question on Trump's recent remarks on India's purchase of Russian oil.

"As for India's purchase of energy resources from Russia, I would like to note and have already mentioned publicly this once, the United States itself still buys nuclear fuel from us for its own nuclear power plants," Putin said in an interview to India Today.

Putin, who arrived in India for a two-day visit, reasoned that if the US buys Uranium for the its reactors, then India should have the same privilege.

"That is also fuel, Uranium for the re...