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India won't buy Russian oil: Trump

President Trump said Wednesday that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told him that India would stop buying Russian oil, a potentially significant move to further pressure Moscow over its war in Ukraine.

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“I was not happy that India was buying oil. And he assured me today that they will not be buying oil from Russia,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “That’s a big step. Now we got to get China to do the same thing.”

Trump said the shift would happen “within a short period of time.”

The Indian Ministry of External Affairs did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Trump in August announced he would increase tariffs on India by 25 percent over its purchases of Russian oil, bringing the total

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