Narendra Modi has vowed to deepen India’s ties with Russia, despite Donald Trump’s tariff threats over buying Russian oil .

India’s prime minister described Vladimir Putin as a friend following a “good and detailed” phone call that came days after the US president doubled tariffs on Indian goods to 50 per cent because of the Russian oil trade.

“Had a very good and detailed conversation with my friend President Putin. I thanked him for sharing the latest developments on Ukraine,” Modi said in a post on X on Friday.

“We also reviewed the progress in our bilateral agenda, and reaffirmed our commitment to further deepen the India-Russia Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership.”

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Referring to India and Russia’s annual bilateral summit, he added: “I look forwar

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