Overview

• President Donald Trump said Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised to stop buying Russian oil and added that he now aims to persuade China to do the same.
• India’s Ministry of External Affairs said it could not confirm any phone call between Modi and Trump, with spokesman Randhir Jaiswal saying he was unaware of such a conversation.
• Jaiswal reiterated that New Delhi bases energy import decisions on the interests of consumers.
• Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow will take its lead from official statements by New Delhi on India’s oil purchases.
• Peskov argued that countries choose suppliers on price and quality and that removing that choice would breach free-trade principles.