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“Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assured me there will be no oil purchased from Russia," Donald Trump said on Wednesday, months after the US President slapped punitive tariffs on India over the purchases.

“You know, you can’t do it immediately. It’s a little bit of a process, but the process is going to be over with soon," Trump said, adding that he had his eye on China too amid efforts to choke Moscow’s revenues from energy reserves.

Speaking to reporters, the US President further said “it makes it much easier" for him to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine if India does not buy Russian oil. “They will not be buying oil from Russia and they’ll go back to Russia after the war is over," he added.

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