India Will Buy Russian Oil Despite Trump’s Threats, Officials Say

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1. Indian officials said on Saturday that they would keep purchasing cheap oil from Russia despite a threat of penalties from President Trump, the latest twist in an issue that New Delhi thought it had settled.

   Mr. Trump said last week that as part of his latest round of tariffs, he would impose an unspecified additional penalty on India if it did not cut off its imports of Russian crude oil. On Friday, he appeared to echo reports of a recent dip in the arrival of Russian oil to India.

   “I understand that India is no longer going to be buying oil from Russia,” he told reporters. “That’s what I heard. I don’t know if that’s right or not. That is a good step. We will see what happens.”

   But on Saturday, two senior Indian officials said there had been no change in policy. One official said the government had “not given any direction to oil companies” to cut back imports from Russia.

   Mr. Trump did not say what the penalty would be if India were to defy his call to cut off Russian oil imports. Some officials and analysts have said that Mr. Trump’s focus on India’s purchase of Russian oil could be a negotiating tactic as India and the United States try to conclude the early phases of a bilateral trade agreement. China and Turkey, two other major importers of Russian oil, have not faced similar penalties.

2. Betraying Russia just for western validation( which is hollow and means nothing) was surely a tactic of all time from modi government but it’s nice to see their delusions are broken momentarily. Let our western friends have their allies and let’s keep ours close. Let’s maintain distance between west and India.

3. Trump is delusional in believing he can bully every single countries with tax sanctions. Diplomacy exists for a reason.

4. There was hope for the pro-west treaties under Biden and Modi to flourish but I suppose Trump has some strange urge to bring about the Chinese century

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