Trump claims India will cut Russian oil imports by year-end, India denies

United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday local time claimed that India will significantly reduce Russian oil imports by yearend citing Prime Minister Narendra Modis assurancePresident Trump also said that the process of phasing out Russian oil imports will be gradual claiming that India will bring it down to almost nothing by the end of the yearIndia as you know told me that they would stop It is a process you cant just stop it But by the end of the year they will be down to almost nothing Thats a big thing that is almost 40 per cent of the oil India has been great Spoke to Prime Minister Modi yesterday and they have been absolutely great President Trump said during an interaction with press persons in the White House while hosting NATO Secretary General Mark RutteHowever India denies any agreement emphasising its priority to safeguard consumer interests The countrys energy policy prioritises stable prices and secure supplies Trump had imposed 5037 tariffs on Indian goods urging New Delhi to diversify energy sourcesEarlier on Monday continuing his criticism of Indias purchase of Russian oil US President Donald Trump said that New Delhi would continue to pay tariffs until it halts its imports from MoscowTrump during his press gaggle on Air Force One was asked about Indias denial of Prime Minister Narendra Modis call with himWell then theyre going to just keep paying a lot of tariffs if they said that but I dont believe they said that No I spoke with Prime Minister Modi of India and he said hes not going to be doing the Russian oil thing he saidTrump added But if they want to say that then theyll just continue to pay massive tariffs and they dont want to do thatThe Ministry of External Affairs earlier said that no phone call took place between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump the previous dayWhen asked about Trumps claim that India would stop buying Russian Oil the Spokesperson of MEA Randhir Jaiswal said that the two leaders had no phone call on WednesdayOn the question of whether there was a conversation or a telephone call between Prime Minister Modi and President Trump I am not aware of any conversation yesterday between the two leaders he saidJaiswal stated that the two leaders spoke on October 9 during which Prime Minister Modi congratulated Trump on the success of the Gaza peace planMeanwhile Trump acknowledged Chinas complex relationship with Russia attributing it to past US policiesChina is a little bit different A little bit different relationship they had with Russia It was never good but because of Biden and Obama they got forced together they never should have been forced together but by nature they cant be friendly I hope they are friendly frankly You should not have forced China and Russia together Biden did that and Obama did that They forced them together because of energy oilTalking about his upcoming meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping the US president said he will probably talk about Russian imports with his Chinese counterpart but his primary focus would be on how to end the war with Russia and UkraineI will probably be talking about it What I will really be talking about is how we would end the war with Russia and Ukraine whether through energy oil or anything else I think he Xi Jinping is going to be very receptive I think he would like to see the war end Trump saidPresident Trump further said that he is hopeful that the Chinese President can have a big influence on Putin to urge him to a ceasefireI think he will have a big influence on Putin I think he can have a big influence on a lot of people He is a respected man a very strong leader very big country I think he can have a big influence Trump addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever