There is a situation of tension between America and India. President Donald Trump imposed 50 percent tariff on India due to buying oil from Russia. Now Russia has come with India on this matter. He has said that it is wrong to put Trump’s India tariff. Roman Babushkin, Deputy Chief of the Russian Mission, said on Wednesday (August 20) that he was confident that India-Russia will continue to cooperate with energy cooperation despite external pressure.

Roman Babushkin said during the New Delhi press conference that this is a challenging situation for India and Russia trusts its relations with him. He said, “”No matter what happens, even during the challenges we are standing together to overcome any problem. President Putin recently made a phone call to give information about the Ukraine’s developments to Prime Minister Modi. This means that India matters a lot to Russia.

What Russia said about Indian products

It has also been said by Russia that if Indian products are banned in a country, then Russia welcomes it in its market. Along with this, India will also get oil. Actually, Trump had imposed a 25 percent tariff on India, but after that the tariff increased to 50 percent. Trump has trouble buying oil from Russia in India. India, while defending the purchase of Russian crude oil, had said that its energy purchase is going on keeping in mind the interest and market of the country.

What did Trump accuse India and Russia

After the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, western countries stopped the supply of crude oil by banning Russia, after which India started purchasing Russian oil at low prices. Trump had alleged that India was promoting the war by purchasing oil and directly blamed Russia for this.

Input – PTI