Russian President Putin Criticises US Pressure On India And China Over Russian Energy Ties | India News

On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized the United States for forcing India and China to cut energy ties with Moscow and said that such tactics may have unwanted economic consequences.

Speaking in a forum of Russian experts, Putin said that the implementation of higher tariffs to Moscow’s trade partners will increase global prices only and will force the US federal reserve to maintain high interest rates. He also pointed out to the last move to bring 25% more tariffs to Indian goods to Indian goods, and to increase the total tax on Indian exports from August to 50%.

Putin commented on the calls from Washington to stop buying Russian energy from India, “If India rejects our energy materials, he will experience a certain loss … Of course, people of a country like India will closely monitor the decisions made by political leadership and will never allow any humiliation before anyone.” He said.

Russian leader, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s attitude of confident and “I know Prime Minister Modi, he will never take such a step,” he said.

Putin also said that the US has called on the trade of enriched uranium from Russia, while at the same time calling for other nations to stop energy trade with Moscow.

These statements come in the midst of a wave of criticism about the continuation of Russian oil imports of US officials directed to the new Delhi. Former US President Donald Trump has repeatedly criticized India with Peter Secretary and Trade Advisor Peter Navarro. Particularly, Navarro branded the “Tariffs Maharaja özen after the participation of India’s last Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit and accused Prime Minister Modi for“ Putin, Xi Jinping, Xi Jinping ”.

Last month, after the SCO summit, Putin warned the United States against the use of challenging trade tactics and said, “You can’t talk to India or China this way.” “The colonial period is over now. They should realize that they cannot use these terms when talking to the partners.”

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov echoed Putin’s feelings and claimed that ancient civilizations such as India and China would not submit to ultimatums.