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Trump Criticizes India\u2019s Russian Oil Purchases<\/strong><\/p>\n Washington, DC, October 20: US President Donald Trump has continued to express concerns over India\u2019s decision to buy oil from Russia. On Sunday, during a conversation with reporters aboard Air Force One, he suggested that India would face higher tariffs if it persisted in its imports from Moscow.<\/p>\n When asked about India’s claims regarding a recent conversation between him and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Trump asserted, \u201cIf they\u2019re denying it, then they\u2019ll keep paying a lot of tariffs. I don’t believe they said that. I spoke with Prime Minister Modi, and he mentioned he wouldn\u2019t engage in buying Russian oil.\u201d<\/p>\n He cautioned, \u201cIf India chooses to deny this, they\u2019ll continue to face significant tariffs, which they surely want to avoid.\u201d<\/p>\n In response, the Ministry of External Affairs of India clarified on Thursday that there had been no recent phone call between Modi and Trump. MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal emphasized that he had no knowledge of such a conversation occurring.<\/p>\n Jaiswal pointed out that the last discussion between the two leaders took place on October 9, during which they talked about various issues, including the Gaza peace plan and trade negotiations.<\/p>\n He further noted, \u201cOur energy sourcing decisions are driven by national interests and the need to safeguard Indian consumers. I encourage everyone to closely examine our official statements on the matter.\u201d<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s comments reflect ongoing international pressure on nations to lessen their energy ties with Russia, especially following the escalating conflict in Ukraine, which many Western countries attribute to Moscow’s military activities.<\/p>\n India has reiterated that its energy policies are determined by its own interests and the welfare of its people.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Trump Criticizes India\u2019s Russian Oil Purchases Washington, DC, October 20: US President Donald Trump has continued to express concerns over India\u2019s decision to buy oil from Russia. On Sunday, during a conversation with reporters aboard Air Force One, he suggested that India would face higher tariffs if it persisted in its imports from Moscow. When<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19481,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[24365,23216,471,3983,24366,3203,18550,8963,1488,1804],"class_list":["post-19480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-india-news","tag-energy-sourcing","tag-gaza-peace-plan","tag-india","tag-mea","tag-phone-call","tag-randhir-jaiswal","tag-russian-oil","tag-tariffs","tag-trump","tag-us-president"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}