New Delhi: US President Donald Trump on Friday reiterated that India has already “de-escalated” and “more or less stopped” the purchase of oil from Russia. The statement comes despite the Indian Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday refuted Trump’s claim that PM Modi assured him of halting Russian oil imports.

Trump gave the statement during a bilateral lunch with Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Speaking to the media Trump said, “India will not be buying oil from Russia, they have already de-escalated and they have more or less stopped. They are pulling back. They have bought about 38 per cent of the oil, and they won’t be doing it anymore”.

On Thursday, talking to the media in White House, Trump said that he expressed his concern to Prime Minister Modi regarding the purcha

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