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US president Donald Trump speaks with the press as he meets with Indian prime minister Narendra Modi in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 13, 2025. (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump reiterated on Sunday (19) that Indian prime minister Narendra Modi told him India will stop buying Russian oil, while warning that New Delhi would continue paying "massive" tariffs if it did not do so.
"I spoke with prime minister Modi of India, and he said he's not going to be doing the Russian oil thing," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One.
Asked about India's assertion that it was not aware of any conversation between Modi and Trump, Trump replied: "But if they want to say that, then they'll just continue to pay massive tariffs, and they don't want to do that."
Russian oil has been one of the main irritants for Trump in prolonged trade talks with India - half of his 50 per cent tariffs on Indian goods are in retaliation for those purchases. The US government has said petroleum revenue funds Russia’s war in Ukraine.
India has become the biggest buyer of seaborne Russian oil sold at a discount after Western nations shunned purchases and imposed sanctions on Moscow for its 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
Trade talks between India and the US are going on in a "congenial" manner, an Indian government official said on Saturday (18), declining to be identified due to the sensitivity of talks.
An Indian delegation which was in the US last week for talks has returned, the official said, declining to share further details.
An email to India's trade ministry was not immediately answered on Monday (20), which was a public holiday.
Trump last Wednesday (15) said Modi had assured him that day that India would stop its Russian oil purchases. India's foreign ministry said it was not aware of any telephone conversation between the leaders that day, but said that New Delhi's main concern was to "safeguard the interests of the Indian consumer."
A White House official said on Thursday (16) that India has halved its purchases of Russian oil, but Indian sources said no immediate reduction had been seen.
The sources said Indian refiners already placed orders for November loading, including some slated for December arrival, so any cut may start showing up in December or January import numbers.
India's imports of Russian oil are set to rise about 20 per cent this month to 1.9 million barrels per day, according to estimates from commodities data firm Kpler, as Russia ramps up exports after Ukrainian drones hit its refineries.
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