New Delhi, Oct. 17 -- United States President Donald Trump reiterated on Friday, October 17, that India will halt crude oil imports from Russia as part of efforts to pressure Moscow to end the war in Ukraine. Trump said India had already begun to deescalate and pull back on its crude oil purchase from Russia - which triggered America to impose 25 per cent additional tariffs on Indian imports.

Speaking in the White House during a bilateral lunch with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, Donald Trump said, "India will not buy Russian oil. Hungary is sort of stuck because they have one pipeline. It's been there for years and years."

"But India will not be buying oil from Russia. They have already deescalated and is pulling back. They boug...