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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi

India casts doubt on Trump’s claims that it has agreed to stop buying Russian oil

Donald Trump and Narendra Modi in the White House in February 2025
The White House has increasingly sought to accuse Delhi of bankrolling Vladimir Putin’s actions against Ukraine describing the conflict as ‘Modi’s war’. Photograph: Ben Curtis/AP

India has cast doubt on claims by Donald Trump that its prime minister, Narendra Modi, had agreed to stop buying Russian oil.

On Wednesday, Trump claimed that Modi had assured him “today” that India would put an end to its purchase of Russian oil.

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