India Slams US for Double Standards on Russian Oil Trade
New Delhi: On Monday, India established an unusual sharp counter attack for the new Delhi’s “unjust and unreasonable” targeting for the US and the European Union to supply Russian crude oil to the US and the European Union. The new Delhi’s reaction came to US President Donald Trump’s claim that Washington claimed that he would significantly increase tariffs for goods from India via Energy ties with Russia.
India, which has rejected the criticism of criticism, drew attention to the double standards in targeting it and said that both the US and the EU continue its trade relations with Russia.
“Unlike our case, this kind of trade is not even a vital national coercion.” He said.
EUROPE-Russia trade includes not only energy, but also fertilizers, mining products, chemicals, iron and steel, machinery and transport equipment.
“When it comes to the United States, Russia continues to import for the nuclear industry from the Uranium Hexafloride, Palladium, fertilizers and chemicals for the home industry.”
“In this background, the targeting of India is unfair and unreasonable. Like any great economy, India will take all necessary measures to protect its national interests and economic security.” He said.
India said it “aims to import oil from Russia after the start of the Ukrainian conflict by the United States and the EU.
In fact, India began to import from Russia because after the conflict erupted, traditional materials were directed to Europe.
Mea actively encouraged such imports by India to strengthen the stability of global energy markets by India at that time, to ensure predictable and affordable energy costs of India’s imports to India. He said.
“It is a necessity that is forced from the global market situation. However, it turns out that the nations criticizing India themselves have fallen into trade with Russia.” He said.
Mea, in 2024, the European Union has 67.5 billion euros in the goods with Russia and the bilateral trade.
“In addition, in 2023, he had traded in the services that were estimated to be 17.2 billion euros. This is significantly higher than India’s total trade with Russia that year or later.
“In 2024, European LNG imports, in fact, exceeded the last record of 15.21 million tons in 2022, broke a ton of tons of 16.5mn.”
Previously, US President Trump said his administration would significantly increase tariffs in India.
“India not only buys a large amount of Russian oil, then they sell it in the open market for large profits for most of the purchased oil.” He said.
“I don’t care how many people have been killed by the Russian war machine in Ukraine,” he said.
