Moscow’s reaction to Trump’s claim about stopping the purchase of Russian oil by India – Mehr News Agency | RCO News Agency

According to RCO News Agency, quoted by Sputnik News Agency, Dmitry Peskov, the spokesman of the Russian Presideial Palace (Kremlin), announced on Tuesday: Russia is monitoring the news related to the purchase of oil from India and is analyzing the statemes related to this issue.

The spokesperson of the Russian Presideial Palace coinued in this regard: Moscow has not yet heard any position from New Delhi regarding the refusal to buy Russian oil. Russia plans to coinue developing its relations with India.

Dmitry Peskov then added: Russia respects the relations between India and America, but it does not attach any less importance to the developme of strategic partnership with India.

This is while US Preside Donald Trump published a message on his social media called Social Truth yesterday and claimed: It was an honor to consult with Modi, the Prime Minister of India. We talked about a lot of things, including trade and ending the Russia-Ukraine war. He agreed to stop buying Russian oil and buy more oil from the US and possibly Venezuela. This will help end the war in Ukraine! Out of friendship and respect for Prime Minister Modi, and at his request, effective immediately, we agreed to a trade agreeme between the United States and India under which Washington will apply a reduced couervailing tariff, reducing it from 25% to 18%.