At a White House Diwali celebration, President Trump called Indian PM Narendra Modi to discuss trade relations including Indian purchase of Russian oil. Moreover, Trump pushes Modi to avoid war with Pakistan and claimed India would stop buying Russian oil.
Previously, India denied the oil claim, amid strained US India relations over tariffs and Russia’s discounted crude. The talks highlighted ongoing diplomatic tensions.
Trump reiterated that “tariffs equal national security”, again repeat claims of settling May war between Pakistan and India ‘solely on trade’.
Eariler he said “Two nuclear powers, and serious nuclear, seven planes shot down. I told them, ‘You go to war and we are not doing a trade deal.’ Twenty-four hours later, they called me ‘We have decided not to do it, we stopped the war. We stopped the potential disaster.'”