Donald Trump threatened to “many” raise tariffs against India to buy oil from Russia.
“They (India) don’t care how many people in Ukraine killed in Russian war machine,” the United States wrote on his online platform, on the fact that Monday.
India is now one of Russian oil largest buyers. It has been a significant export market for Moscow after several European countries cut sales when Russia launched the entire invasion of Ukraine in Ukraine in the Ukraine in the Ukraine in the Ukraine in 2022.
Trump didn’t pick up what was the new tariff, but it came days after he opened a heavy 25% Levy of India.
Delhi called Trump’s warning “unreasonable and unreasonable”.
In a statement, a foreign ministry in India, Randhir Jaisual, encouraged the US to import Russian gases at the beginning of energy markets “.
He said India “began to import from Russia because traditional supplies were transferred to Europe after the burst of conflict”.
India also criticized the US – the largest trade mate – for identifying tariffs, if the US himself sells Russia. Last year, US sold goods Watch an estimated $ 3.5bn (£ 2.6bn) with Russia, despite difficult penalties and tariffs.
“As with any major economy, India will take all necessary steps to protect national interest and economic security,” as the statement of foreign ministry.
Last week, Trump describes India as a “friend” whose tariffs of US products “higher”. Her most recent social facts have also thrown into a critical tone.
“India is not only buying a large amount of oil in Russia, they have been, because of the majority of oil purchases, it sells in the open market for big profits,” he wrote.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not directed to Indian oil refineries to stop buying Russian oil, Bloomberg reports people familiar with the situation.
Ajay Srivastava, a former Indian trade officer in the Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI), said Delhi-based claims
He told BBC that the trade transparent and widely understood in the US.
Mr. Srivastava said India changes oil to help the world markets after the supplies are broken – help stop a global shock shock.
He also said that Indian oil refineries – in public and private – decide where to buy crude based on facts such as price, supply rules. They act independently of government and do not require permission to purchase from Russia or other countries.
Although relationships between the US and Russia warmed after Trump returned to the White House in January, the US president had just been seeking his rhetoric and president of Russia Vladimir Putin.
Trump questioned if Putin was truly delivered to Peace in Ukraine. In the truth of Monday’s truth on Monday he used the strict language, which describes Russia’s military as the “Russian War Machine”.
Russia leader often said he was ready for peace but if Kyiv meets some conditions, such as the Ukrainian territories of the Ukrainian occupied in Russia.
Trump threatened Moscow with extreme tariffs that focus oil and other exports when a cessation of Ukraine is not agreed on 8 August.
US envoy Steve Witkoff because Russia is visited later this week, where he is expected to meet Putin.
Additional reporting of soutik visits
