India, Feb. 15 -- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said India has assured Washington that it will refrain from purchasing any additional Russian oil, amid fresh US sanctions on Russia's energy sector, media reports said.

"The United States has imposed additional sanctions on Russia's oil. In our conversations with India, we've gotten their commitment to stop buying additional Russian oil. Europe has taken its set of steps moving forward," Rubio was quoted as saying by Russian news agency TASS while speaking at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday.

Meanwhile, speaking at the same conference, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar reaffirmed India's commitment to strategic autonomy, amid questions over whether recent trade engageme...