India slams Trump’s threat of tariffs over Russian oil purchases

India fired back at the United States after President Trump pledged to increase tariffs on New Delhi over the country’s purchase of Russian oil.

In a statement Monday, India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said the purchase of Russian oil is a “necessity” to “ensure predictable and affordable energy costs” and was once “encouraged” by the U.S. “for strengthening global energy markets stability.”

The MEA spokesperson further suggested the West is being hypocritical, pointing to trade that the European Union and the United States has continued to do since the war between Russia and Ukraine began.

“In this background, the targeting of India is unjustified and unreasonable,” the spokesperson said in the statement.

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