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The Congress connected Sunday took a swipe astatine Prime Minister Narendra Modi aft U.S. President Donald Trump reiterated his assertion that India is cutting backmost connected the acquisition of Russian oil, saying it is “no wonder” that the Prime Minister’s “huglomacy” is not disposable successful Kuala Lumpur.
The Opposition party’s jibe followed Trump, connected his mode to Malaysia to be the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit, telling reporters that “India is cutting backmost completely” connected the acquisition of Russian oil.
Congress wide caput incharge of communications, Jairam Ramesh, said, “Last night, aboard Air Force One connected the mode to Kuala Lumpur, President Trump repeated, for astatine slightest the sixth time, the assertion that India is cutting down connected the imports of Russian oil. This time, helium has said that India volition zero the imports of Russian oil. No wonder, Mr. Modi’s huglomacy is not disposable contiguous successful Kuala Lumpur.”
Mr. Ramesh besides shared a video clip of Mr. Trump’s enactment with reporters, successful which helium repeated his assertion of India cutting backmost Russian lipid imports.
With the Prime Minister not travelling to Malaysia for the ASEAN Summit that commenced Sunday, and opting to enactment virtually, the Congress had connected Thursday claimed that the crushed for Modi’s lack was that helium did not privation to beryllium cornered by President Trump.
Last week, Mr. Ramesh said that posting messages successful praise of President Trump connected societal media is 1 thing, but to beryllium seen hobnobbing physically with the person who has claimed “53 times” that helium stopped Operation Sindoor and besides claimed “five times” that India has promised to halt buying lipid from Russia is “far excessively risky” for the Prime Minister.
Malaysia invited Mr. Trump arsenic good arsenic leaders of respective countries, which are dialog partners of the ASEAN, for the summit.
Mr. Trump has reiterated his assertion that India has agreed to “stop” buying lipid from Russia and would bring imports down to “almost nothing” by the extremity of the year. He added that it is simply a process and volition instrumentality immoderate time, and said helium would besides effort to transportation China to bash the same.
China and India are the 2 biggest buyers of Russian crude oil.
