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Top Trump aide accuses India of financing Russia’s war in Ukraine
‘People will be shocked to learn that India is basically tied with China’ in buying Russian oil, Stephen Miller said
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A top aide to Donald Trump on Sunday accused India of effectively financing Russia’s war in Ukraine by buying oil from Moscow, after the US president escalated pressure on New Delhi to stop buying Russian oil.
“What he [Trump] said very clearly is that it is not acceptable for India to continue financing this war by purchasing the oil from Russia,” said Stephen Miller, deputy chief of staff at the White House and one of Trump’s most influential aides.
Miller’s criticism was some of the strongest yet by the Trump administration about one of the United States’ major partners in the Indo-Pacific.
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“People will be shocked to learn that India is basically tied with China in purchasing Russian oil. That’s an astonishing fact,” Miller said on Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures programme.
The Indian embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Indian government sources said on Saturday that Delhi would keep buying oil from Moscow despite US threats.
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