India, Oct. 18 -- United States President Trump met with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday to hold crucial arms talks regarding the war in Ukraine.

During the bilateral lunch with Zelensky, Trump repeated the claim that India would stop the purchase of oil from Russia. "Well, India is not going to be buying Russian oil anymore," the US President said, a claim he made earlier.

Trump had, while interacting with reporters in the White House on Wednesday, claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had "assured" him that India would stop purchase of Russian oil.

"I was not happy that India was buying oil. And he (Modi) assured me today that they will not be buying oil from Russia. That's a big stop," Trump said.

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