India's Foreign Ministry can't confirm Trump's call to Modi on russian oil - BBC

The Indian Foreign Ministry said it was "not aware" of a phone call in which US President Donald Trump said Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed to stop buying oil from the aggressor country of russia. This was reported by the BBC on Thursday, October 16.

An Indian government spokesman questioned Trump's words and said that he was "not aware of any conversation between the two leaders." The Indian government had previously stated that negotiations on buying russian oil from the US were still "ongoing."

"Our unwavering priority is to protect the interests of the Indian consumer in an unstable energy scenario. Our import policy is fully guided by this goal," the material says.

The BBC writes that India has become a key energy consumer for russia since the start of the war against Ukraine, which has partly helped the aggressor withstand pressure from Ukraine's allies. At the same time, the Trump administration continues to exert public and diplomatic pressure on India to stop supporting the russian energy market, which should force it to stop the war.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on October 15, US President Donald Trump said that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had assured him of stopping purchases of russian oil.

On October 9, Bloomberg reported that Indian oil refining companies intend to increase oil imports from the aggressor country of russia in the near future.

As we will recall, in September, Trump said that the fall in world oil prices would force russia to withdraw from Ukraine.