Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday took a swipe at US President Donald Trump for claiming that India would significantly reduce its Russian oil imports by the end of the year, saying the American President should refrain from making announcements on behalf of New Delhi.

Speaking to ANI, Tharoor said, “I don’t really think it’s appropriate for Trump to be making announcements about India’s decisions. I think India will make announcements about its decisions. We don’t tell the world what Trump will do. I think Trump should not be telling the world what India will do.”

Earlier on Wednesday (US local time), President Trump claimed that India would scale down Russian oil imports, citing what he described as an assurance from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

“India, as you know, told me that

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