Amid Trump’s Trade ‘Threat’, Doval Meets Putin In Moscow; Discusses Strengthening India-Russia Strategic Partnership | India News
On Thursday, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, one day after US President Donald Trump brought 25 percent more tariffs to Indian goods, and increased the total tariff burden to the new Delhi’s purchase of oil from the Kremlin to 50 percent.
In an article in the social media platform X, the Russian Embassy in India confirmed the meeting and said, “Russian President Vladimir Putin received India’s National Security Advisor Ajit Kumar Doval in the Kremlin.”
#WRISTWATCH | “Russian President Vladimir Putin, India’s National Security Advisor, Ajit Kumar Doval, received Ajit Kumar Doval in the Kremlin,” he tweeted in India.
(Video: Russian Embassy in India/X) pic.twitter.com/vk72xyuw4y– Ani (@ani) 7 August 2025
Before meeting with President Putin, NSA Doval met with the Russian Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu. The two sides discussed the ways to deepen the “private and privileged strategic partnership” of Russia-India, and emphasized the importance of coordinated efforts in preparing for the planned bilateral summit later this year.
They also discussed the cooperation between Russia and India in multilateral formats and changed their views on the basic issues of international security.
India and Russia continue to be close and time -tested partners in cooperation with various key defense and strategic initiatives. These include S-400 Air Defense Systems, MIG-29 Hunter jets and projects underlining the depth of common production-defense cooperation of the AK-203 rifle and Brahmos missiles in India.
On Wednesday, US President Donald Trump brought a 25 percent task for India’s imports, and after signing an executive order of India’s ongoing oil trade with Russia, tensions between India and the United States flared up. The movement carries the total task of Indian goods to 50 percent.
The newly declared tasks will be effective 21 days after the signing of the order and will be valid for all appropriate Indian imports from the United States, except for the shipments that have already switched and received permission before September 17th.
The US administration stated that India’s ongoing oil trade with Russia as the reason for new trade barriers. However, India protested this as a selective pressure and argued that Washington and Brussels were unjustly targeted.
The new Delhi showed the EU’s trade ties with Moscow and said that the EU has recorded figures that underlined the ongoing economic participation despite the ongoing economic participation despite the conflict of 17.2 billion euros in the EU in 2024 and 17.2 billion euros in the service trade in 2023 in the trade trade in 2023.
Shortly after he announced the tariffs, Trump pointed out the possibility of “secondary sanctions ında in the new Delhi.
“It was only 8 hours. So let’s see what will happen.
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