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U.S. President Donald Trump said helium spoke with Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Tuesday (October 21, 2025), with their speech focused mostly connected trade.
“We talked astir a batch of things, but mostly the satellite of trade,” Mr. Trump told reporters successful the Oval Office.
Mr. Trump added that vigor was besides portion of the discussion, saying Mr. Modi assured him that India would beryllium limiting its lipid purchases from Russia.
“He’s not going to bargain overmuch lipid from Russia. He wants to spot that warfare extremity arsenic overmuch arsenic I do,” Mr. Trump said.
India and China are the 2 apical buyers of Russian seaborne crude exports.
Mr. Trump has precocious targeted India for its Russian lipid purchases, imposing tariffs connected Indian exports to the U.S. to discourage the country’s crude buying arsenic helium seeks to unit Moscow to negociate a bid woody successful Ukraine.
