United States President Donald Trump claimed on Wednesday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has agreed that India will stop buying oil from Russia, Reuters reported.

India’s foreign ministry neither confirmed nor denied the claim. It said that discussions are ongoing about deepening energy cooperation between New Delhi and Washington.

On Wednesday, Trump told reporters he had received assurances from Modi that India would halt its purchases “within a short period of time”, which he described as “a big stop”.

“Now I’ve got to get China to do the same thing,” Reuters quoted Trump as saying in the Oval Office.

He added that India could not “immediately” halt oil shipments. He said that the shift would be “a little bit of a process, but the process is going to be over with soon”.

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