US President Donald Trump addresses a press conference at the White House on Thursday. (AP Photo)

United States President Donald Trump on Thursday, commenting on the progress of trade talks with India, claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had “largely stopped buying oil from Russia”. Calling Modi a “great man” and a “friend”, Trump announced he may visit India in 2026 as part of the ongoing efforts to strengthen relations between the two nations.

Addressing reporters at the White House on the trade talks between India and the US, Trump said, “They are going good; he stopped buying oil from Russia largely. He is a friend of mine, and we speak; he wants me to go there [India]. We will figure that out; I will go… Prime Minister Modi is a great man and I will be going…”

On his plan to

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