President Donald Trump stressed that India would wind down its purchases of oil from Russia, claiming for the second straight week that he spoke directly about the matter with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. India’s foreign ministry, however, had said they were not aware of that earlier claimed conversation between the two leaders. Russian crude importIndia became a major importer of Russian crude after the start of the war in Ukraine in 2022, buying oil at a discount. Russian oil makes up about a third of India’s overall imports despite the US push to curb flows. Trump and Modi have also been at odds over the US president’s claims that he used trade as leverage to broker a ceasefire between India and Pakistan in May.