India Russia Relations: Russian President Vladimir Putin has openly praised India’s economic independence and the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Speaking at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Putin said that India always takes decisions as a sovereign country and any attempt to impose sanctions or pressure on it could backfire. He also said that India-Russia relations are not dependent on political circumstances and defense and technical cooperation between the two countries is continuously strengthening.

India always takes decisions like a sovereign nation

During his address at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Vladimir Putin said that India always acts like a sovereign country. He said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, any attempt to impose sanctions or put pressure on India can immediately backfire. Putin said that he has been in continuous talks with Prime Minister Modi for a long time.

India takes decisions based on national interests

Putin said that India always gives priority to its national interests and the country has complete freedom to decide what is best for it. He said that India is free to choose those products and technologies which it considers to be most modern, useful and having better price-quality ratio.

India-US relations also described as successful

The Russian President said that relations between India and America are also progressing successfully. He also said that all the sanctions imposed against India have ended. It is noteworthy that during the Russia-Ukraine war, America had imposed additional duties and restrictive measures on India for purchasing oil from Russia.

BrahMos missile project mentioned

Putin also appreciated the defense and technical cooperation between India and Russia. He said that there is a long history of military and technical cooperation between the two countries and a large part of the Indian armed forces is equipped with Russian equipment. Putin said that this tradition has been going on since the times of the Soviet Union. He said that experts from India and Russia are working together on the development and design of medium-range BrahMos missile.

India-Russia relations are based on trust

The Russian President said that Russia’s relations with India are based on mutual trust. He said that both the countries are not limited to just trade or buying and selling, but are also working together on joint research and development projects.

Relationships are not affected by the political environment

Putin clearly said that relations between India and Russia are not subject to any political environment or international circumstances. He said that no country can direct Russia whether it should cooperate with India or not.

Russia will continue to keep the promises made to India

Vladimir Putin said that Russia always honors the promises made to its partners. He said that Russia will stick to its commitments towards important partners like India and cooperation between the two countries will continue to strengthen in the future.

US President Donald Trump has announced to impose 25 percent tariff (fee) on India. After this, US Finance Minister Scott Besant said on Thursday, July 31 that the Trump administration is “a little disappointed” from India. Scott Besant said, “India came to negotiate initially, but later slowed down things. So the President and his entire business teams are a bit disappointed with India.” Besant said these things in a conversation with CNBC. He also said that India buys a large amount of banned oil from Russia and reflects it to other countries, which are not being considered a right role globally.

Trump’s charge – India always makes business difficult
Trump said on his social media platform Truth Social on Wednesday (July 30), ‘Remember, India is our friend, but we have done very little business with him over the years, because India’s tariffs are very much. It is the highest in the world and has the most complex and uncomfortable non-monitoring business obstacles. “

Trump also said that “India has always been buying most of its military weapons from Russia and it is the biggest customer to buy energy from Russia with China. All this is happening at a time when the whole world is appealing to Russia to stop murder in Ukraine. All these things are not fine. So India will have to pay 25% tariffs from August 1 and also an additional fine.”

Expect deals from China
Meanwhile, Scott Besant also said that the US and China are close to a trade agreement. He said, “I think we have the possibilities of deal.” However, he admitted that work on some technical points from China remains. I am confident that it will be resolved, but not 100% yet. “