US President Trump again asserted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi confirmed India will not engage in the Russian oil trade. He warned that if India claims otherwise, it would face high tariffs.
“I spoke with Prime Minister Modi of India, and he said he’s not going to be doing the Russian oil thing,” news agency Reuters quoted Trump, who was talking to reporters aboard Air Force One.
On being questioned over the Indian government saying it was not aware of any conversation between PM Modi and Trump, the US president responded, “But if they want to say that, then they’ll just continue to pay massive tariffs, and they don’t want to do that.”
What did Trump claim earlier?
On Wednesday, October 15, Trump said that PM Modi had assured him that India would stop purchasing Russian oil after the US levied additional tariffs on India over these imports.
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