India, Sept. 28 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Saturday backed India's stand on its oil trade policies in the face of steep 50% tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump. Lavrov said India can very well make these decisions as he hailed his counterpart S Jaishankar.

Lavrov said that in his regular exchanges with Jaishankar, he never brings up the issue of oil and trade, asserting that India was "perfectly capable" of making its own decisions on the matter.

"I'm not even asking what is going to happen to our trade relations, our oil. I don't ask our Indian colleagues this. They are perfectly capable of making these decisions on their own," Lavrov said.

He also heaped praise on India's "self-respect" as he backed New Del...