Washington says Delhi has been indirectly funding Russia’s war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n
“India buys most of its oil and military products from Russia, very little from the US,” Trump wrote, adding Delhi should have cut tariffs “years ago”.<\/p>\n
Delhi has previously said that oil supply from Russia was vital to meet the energy needs of its vast population.<\/p>\n
It has also called the tariffs “unfair, unjustified and unreasonable”.<\/p>\n
Last week, the country’s commerce minister, Piyush Goyal, said India “will neither bow down nor ever appear weak” in its economic relationships with other countries.<\/p>\n
He also said the country was ready to a have a free-trade agreement with anyone who wanted it.<\/p>\n
On Monday, Trump wrote: “What few people understand is that we do very little business with India, but they do a tremendous amount of business with us. In other words, they sell us massive amounts of goods, their biggest “client,” but we sell them very little – Until now a totally one sided relationship, and it has been for many decades.”<\/p>\n
The US was, until recently, India’s largest trading partner and the tariffs have sparked fears that exports and growth in the world’s fifth largest economy could suffer.<\/p>\n
At the SCO summit, Modi was seen shaking hands with Putin ahead of a meeting hosted by Xi.<\/p>\n
The SCO, whose members include China, India, Iran, Pakistan and Russia, is seen as a challenge to Trump and US dominance on a global level.<\/p>\n
Putin and Modi later spent 45 minutes inside the Russian leader’s car – after which Modi posted a picture of their journey alongside the compliment to Putin.<\/p>\n