New Delhi, Feb. 8 -- India's Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal has once again pushed the ball into the Ministry of External Affairs' court when asked about the negotiations on Russian oil as part of the India-US bilateral trade agreement.

When asked in an interview by ANI, "if there is a lack of bilateral consensus on Russian oil or on defence matters, doesn't that impact the trade deal?", Goyal answered with a simple "No".

When further quizzed on how this can be possible, Goyal said, "...The buying of crude oil or LNG, LPG from the US is in India's own strategic interests as we diversify our oil sources. But the decisions are taken by the buyers, by the companies themselves. So, the trade deal doesn't discuss who will buy what and from wh...