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U.S. President Donald Trump connected Thursday (October 30, 2025) said India has been "very good" connected the contented of reducing lipid imports from Russia, reiterating his assertion that Delhi volition importantly trim its vigor purchases from Moscow.
Speaking to reporters onboard Air Force One connected his mode backmost to Washington pursuing his acme gathering with Chinese President Xi Jinping successful Busan, Mr. Trump was asked astir Russian lipid purchases.
Mr. Trump said Mr. Xi has been “buying lipid from Russia for a agelong time. It takes attraction of a large portion of China. And, you know, I tin accidental India's been precise bully connected that front. But we didn't truly sermon the oil. We discussed moving unneurotic to spot if we could get that warfare finished.”
Mr. Trump has been claiming for the past fewer days that Delhi has assured him that it volition importantly trim its lipid imports from Russia.
Last week, Mr. Trump reiterated his assertion that India has agreed to "stop" buying lipid from Russia and would bring them down to “almost nothing” by the extremity of the year.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has said that India is simply a important importer of lipid and gas, and it has been Delhi’s accordant precedence to safeguard the interests of the Indian user successful a volatile vigor scenario.
“Our import policies are guided wholly by this objective. Ensuring unchangeable vigor prices and secured supplies person been the duplicate goals of our vigor policy. This includes broad-basing our vigor sourcing and diversifying arsenic due to conscionable marketplace conditions.
“Where the U.S. is concerned, we person for galore years sought to grow our vigor procurement. This has steadily progressed successful the past decade. The existent Administration has shown involvement successful deepening vigor practice with India. Discussions are ongoing," the MEA had said earlier this month.
