India close partner of U.S., but Trump imposed additional tariff for purchasing Russian oil: Rubio
The United States is a very close partner of the USA, but President Donald Trump, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, said on Tuesday, September 23, 2025, and applied additional tariffs for the purchasing of Russian oil as part of the actions taken against President Vladimir Putin for the Ukrainian war.
He made statements in an interview. Good morning America Answering the question of how much more time it would give to the Russian leader who has withdrawn these threats, but with withdrawn these threats for Mr Trump “repeatedly threatened” to take action against Mr. Putin.
Rubio, “Well, I think it took action. For example, we have applied additional tariffs to India – and a very close partners – and yesterday we held meetings with them again and this is about the purchasing of Russian oil.” He said.
When Mr. Trump did not take a direct action on Russia, Mr. Rubio referred to the bill by the US senator Lindsey Graham, who was about tariffs to buy oil and gas from Russia in India and China.
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“I think the President also called on to the plate in Europe. There are still countries that buy large amounts of natural gas and oil from Russia in Europe, essentially, directly fed the effort of war. The president instructed us and made a lot of progress by working on security guarantees.” He said.
The authority added that European leaders came to Washington shortly after the Alaska summit between Mr. Trump and Mr. Putin.
“After the end of this conflict, we agreed to work on security guarantees for the future of Ukraine. He said.
Mr. Rubio brought together Foreign Minister S Jaishankar on Monday morning on Monday morning between the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
In an article in X, Mr. Jaishankar said that in New York, Rubio was “good to meet”.
“Our speech included a number of bilateral and international issues related to the current concern. He agreed on the importance of participation in priority areas. We will remain in contact.” He said.
‘Critical Relationship’
After the meeting, the United States said that India was a critical relationship for the United States, and that the participation of the Indian government, including trade, defense and energy, expressed its “appreciation”.
“Repeating that India has a critical relationship for the United States, Mr. Rubio expressed his appreciation of the Indian government on a series of continuous participation in a series of issues, including trade, defense, energy, pharmaceutical, critical minerals and other elements related to bilateral relationships.
Mr. Rubio and Mr. Jaishankar admit that he would continue to work together to promote a free and open Indo-Pacific region, including the quartet of the US and India.
The meeting, which lasted for about an hour, was the first face -to -face meeting between Mr. Rubio and Mr. Jaishankar among the tensions between trade, tariffs and Delhi’s Russian energy purchases for the last few months.
The Trump administration brought 25% more tariffs to Delhi as a penalty for Russian oil purchases, and the total taxes given by the US to India increased to 50% among the highest levels of the world.
Just a few days before the meeting, President Donald Trump signed a statement that applied a surprising fee of $ 100,000 for new H-1B visas. The announcement caused widespread concern and panic among Indian professionals, including CT and medical fields, the biggest beneficiaries of the H1B talented workers program.
Mr. Rubio and Mr. Jaishankar held bilateral debates at Washington DC in July between the four -fourth ministers meeting.
Peace initiatives
In a separate interview with Fox and friendsMr. Rubio said Mr. Trump puts more time and energy to peace proposal and peace initiatives than anyone else in the world, and that everyone in the world is the most successful.
“He doesn’t get too much credit, but let’s not forget that the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda are a war; the president of the intermediary. Azerbaijan and Armenia, the president who brought this.
“Thailand and Cambodia – President of India and Pakistan.
Released – 24 September 2025 08:39
