India, Oct. 16 -- India said on Thursday it has been broad-basing and diversifying its energy sourcing, including expanding procurement from the US, while responding to US President Donald Trump's claim that he had been told by Prime Minister Narendra Modi that New Delhi will stop buying Russian energy.

External affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, in the first formal response to Trump's comments made at a media briefing on Wednesday, said India's energy purchases are guided solely by the objective of safeguarding the "interests of the Indian consumer in a volatile energy scenario".

"Ensuring stable energy prices and secured supplies have been the twin goals of our energy policy. This includes broad-basing our energy sourcing ...