Washington DC/IBNS, Oct. 20 -- US President Donald Trump has warned India of "massive tariffs" over the South Asian country's continuation of Russian oil purchase.

Trump has reiterated his claim that India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised him to stop buying Russian oil even after New Delhi rejected such an assertion.

Earlier this week, Trump had made similar claims to be only rejected by India.

Speaking at a press conference, Trump had lauded Modi's long term as the PM contrary to his predecessors before claiming India will suspend buying energy from its all-weather friend Russia.

Responding to the claims, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal had said, "On the question of whether there was a conversat...