China and India 'primary funders' of Ukraine war: Trump at UNGA

Repeats his claim of stopping conflict between India and Pakistan

- MPOST BUREAU

US President Donald Trump used his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday to accuse India and China of bankrolling Russia’s war in Ukraine through oil purchases, while also repeating his claim that he personally halted a conflict between India and Pakistan.

Speaking during the General Debate of the 80th UNGA session, Trump said the two Asian giants were the “primary funders” of Moscow’s war effort. “China and India are the primary funders of the ongoing war by continuing to purchase Russian oil,” he told world leaders in an hour-long address. He also repeated his longstanding assertion that Washington had mediated a “full and immediate” ceasefire between New Delhi and Islamabad, saying he had halted Operation Sindoor.

India has consistently denied any outside involvement in the agreement with Pakistan, maintaining that the understanding on cessation of hostilities was reached through direct talks between the Directors General of Military Operations of both militaries.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has told Parliament that no foreign leader asked India to halt the operation, while External Affairs Minister $ Jaishankar has underlined there was “no third-party intervention’.

Earlier, the Trump administration imposed an additional 25 per cent tariff on Indian goods as punishment for its oil trade with Moscow, raising overall US levies on India to 50 per cent — among the highest in the world.