US President Donald Trump stated on Wednesday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had promised him that India will cease shopping for Russian oil, months after Trump imposed punitive tariffs over the purchases. “He is assured me there will probably be no oil bought from Russia,” Trump stated. “You already know, you possibly can’t do it instantly. It is a little bit little bit of a course of, however the course of goes to be over with quickly,” he added. Responding to ANI’s query whether or not he views India as a dependable accomplice, Trump stated: “Yeah, certain. He is (PM Narendra Modi) a good friend of mine. Now we have an incredible relationship…I used to be not completely satisfied that India was shopping for oil. And he assured me at the moment that they won’t be shopping for oil from Russia. That is an enormous cease. Now we have to get China to do the identical factor.”“He is a good friend of mine. Now we have an incredible relationship. He simply stated that two days in the past, as you already know,” the Republican chief added.Trump made the remarks throughout a joint information convention with FBI director Kash Patel on the Oval Workplace.Trump additionally criticised India’s earlier oil imports from Russia and stated: “We weren’t pleased with him shopping for oil from Russia, as a result of that lets Russia proceed on with this ridiculous warfare, the place they’ve misplaced 1,000,000 and a half individuals, by the way in which. Russia has misplaced 1,000,000 and a half individuals, troopers principally.”