India on Thursday rejected outright US President Donald Trump's claim that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a telephonic conversation with him, assuring that New Delhi would stop buying Russian oil. There was no phone call between the two leaders yesterday, the government said on Thursday.

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), in a media briefing on Thursday, said that they have already issued a statement responding to Trump's claims, and added, "As far as a telephone or a conversation between the two leaders, there was no phone call between the two leaders yesterday".

Donald Trump on Wednesday said during a White House media briefing that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had assured him New Delhi would stop buying oil from Russia, calling it "a big step" in his push to isolate Moscow

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