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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that India and Russia appear to have been “lost” to China after their leaders met with Chinese President Xi Jinping this week, before later clarifying that Washington had not lost New Delhi.
“Looks like we've lost India and Russia to deepest, darkest, China. May they have a long and prosperous future together!” Trump wrote in a social media post, sharing a photo of the three leaders together at Xi’s summit in China.
Later in the day, he told reporters he did not believe the U.S. had lost India.
“I don't think we have,” he said.
“I've been very disappointed that India would be buying so much oil, as you know, from Russia. And I let them know that.”
India’s foreign ministry said it had no comment when asked about Trump’s post. The Chinese foreign ministry did not immediately reply to a request for comment, and Kremlin representatives could not be immediately reached.
Xi hosted more than 20 non-Western leaders for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in the Chinese port city of Tianjin, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Putin and Modi were seen holding hands as they walked toward Xi before the three leaders stood together.
“I'll always be friends with Modi,” Trump told reporters.
“He's a great prime minister. He's great. I'll always be friends, but I just don't like what he's doing at this particular moment. But India and the United States have a special relationship. There's nothing to worry about. We just have moments on occasion,” he added.
“Deeply appreciate and fully reciprocate President Trump's sentiments and positive assessment of our ties,” Modi wrote on X early Saturday.
India and the U.S. have a “very positive ... forward-looking Comprehensive and Global Strategic Partnership,” Modi said.
Trump has cooled ties with New Delhi amid trade frictions and disputes. He said this week he was “very disappointed” in Putin but was not concerned about Russia’s growing closeness with China.
The U.S. president has also expressed frustration at the lack of progress in ending the war in Ukraine, more than three years after Russian forces invaded. On Thursday night, he told reporters at the White House that he planned to talk to Putin soon.
AnewZ has learned that India has once again blocked Azerbaijan’s application for full membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, while Pakistan’s recent decision to consider diplomatic relations with Armenia has been coordinated with Baku as part of Azerbaijan’s peace agenda.
A powerful eruption at Japan’s Shinmoedake volcano sent an ash plume more than 3,000 metres high on Sunday morning, prompting safety warnings from authorities.
A day of mourning has been declared in Portugal to pay respect to victims who lost their lives in the Lisbon Funicular crash which happened on Wednesday evening.
The UK is gearing up for Exercise Pegasus 2025, its largest pandemic readiness test since COVID-19. Running from September to November, this full-scale simulation will challenge the country's response to a fast-moving respiratory outbreak.
A Polish Air Force pilot was killed on Thursday when an F-16 fighter jet crashed during a training flight ahead of the 2025 Radom International Air Show.
The Israeli military on Saturday urged Palestinians in Gaza City to flee south as its forces pressed deeper into the territory's largest urban centre, warning that operations were underway across the city.
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U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday renaming the Department of Defence as the “Department of War,” reviving a title last used in the aftermath of World War Two.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Friday called for a wide-ranging re-examination of the Federal Reserve’s role and authority, including its control over interest rate policy, as the Trump administration steps up its campaign to assert greater oversight over the central bank.
The Trump administration is preparing to introduce new rules that would restrict or potentially block imports of Chinese-made drones and medium to heavy-duty vehicles, citing national security concerns.
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