The US Foreign Ministry official called India an “strategic partner with whom the US is involved in” full and sincere “dialogue. He claimed that US President Donald Trump was very clear about his fear of buying Russian oil and business imbalances with Washington.
“What I can say in terms of India is that the president was very obvious in terms of concerns about business imbalances in terms of concerns that he has when it comes to buying Russian oil.
Pigott’s statement came when he asked him, “There is concern about the total deterioration of the (American) relationship with India and the potential to turn India more to China and outside the US …” in the middle of Trump’s tariffs.
Days after Trump doubled the 50 percent products in India, it was announced that Prime Minister Narendra Modi could visit China for the Shanghai organization Summit Summit from 31 to September 1 to September, his first visit to the country in seven years.
“India is a strategic partner with whom we are involved in complete and sincere dialogue. It will continue,” Pigott said, adding that US Minister Marco Rubio also spoke about it.
“Like anything in foreign policy, you will not match 100 percent of time for everything. But it’s very clear. The president was obvious (concerns about the business imbalance, concerns with India, who buys Russian oil.
In response to the next question of whether there are concerns about the overall deterioration of the US relationship with India and the potential for Delhi, which will turn more to China, he stressed that it is a “honest, full and honest dialogue” about the real fears that this administration has, which the President has clearly outlined and addressed his actions.
“The solution to these fears is important. This is part of what it means to have a honest dialogue,” he said.
“In the end, it is a sincere and complete dialogue, and that is what it means to advance in American interests. This is what it really means fully diplomatic dialogue with partners to deal with the concerns we must see,” he said.
(Tagstotranslate) Trump tariff on India
