{"id":98741,"date":"2025-10-15T22:06:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T22:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=98741"},"modified":"2025-10-15T22:06:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T22:06:00","slug":"trump-says-modi-has-agreed-to-stop-buying-russian-oil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=98741","title":{"rendered":"Trump says Modi has agreed to stop buying Russian oil"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Donald Trump has said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has agreed to stop buying Russian oil, as the US seeks to tighten financial thumbscrews on the Kremlin as part of efforts to end the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Trump told reporters he had received assurances from Modi that India would halt its purchases \u201cwithin a short period of time\u201d, which he called \u201ca big stop\u201d.<\/p>\n

A spokeswoman for the Indian embassy in Washington DC would not comment. The US president has sought to leverage India\u2019s purchases of Russian oil in his trade war, but New Delhi has resisted, creating a diplomatic rift.<\/p>\n

Oil and gas are Russia\u2019s biggest exports, and Moscow\u2019s biggest customers include China, India and Turkey.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow I\u2019ve got to get China to do the same thing,\u201d Trump said in the Oval Office on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

His administration is also pushing Beijing, and other trading partners, to stop buying oil from Russia, part of a broader push to cut off Moscow\u2019s energy funding.<\/p>\n

India cannot \u201cimmediately\u201d halt oil shipments, Trump said, adding that the shift will be \u201ca little bit of a process, but the process is going to be over with soon\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Trump administration has imposed 50% tariffs on goods from India, levies that Trump has characterised as punishment against New Delhi for buying Russian oil and weapons.<\/p>\n

The tariffs \u2013 which took effect in August and are among the highest in the world \u2013 include a 25% penalty for transactions with Russia that are a key source of funds for its war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Modi has for months stood his ground, arguing that India is neutral in the Russia-Ukraine war despite his country\u2019s ties with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n

Indian officials have called the Trump administration\u2019s accusations that Delhi profits from Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine a double standard, citing ongoing trade with Russia in the US and Europe.<\/p>\n

India relies on Russian crude oil, which Delhi has continued to buy at a discount, to support its economy \u2013 the fifth largest in the world.<\/p>\n

The dispute over Russian oil has strained the relationship between Trump and Modi, although the US president on Wednesday praised the Indian leader as a \u201cgreat man\u201d.<\/p>\n

Modi said last week that he spoke with Trump and that they \u201creviewed good progress achieved in trade negotiations\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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