“Let them flow together”: Trump charges India because of his close ties with Moscow

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A double sentence for New Delhi, Washington also announced that it had concluded a trade agreement with Pakistan, regional rival of India. Furthermore, On his social network. For example, the American president even said: “Who knows, perhaps they will sell one day from oil to India. Consequently, “

Faced with this escalation. Consequently, the Indian Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday that it “took note“Trump’s statements and that he”Study the implications“, while reaffirming his attachment to an agreement”fair, balanced and mutually beneficial“, According to CNN.

India has become a major client of Russia – "let them flow together": trump

Since the invasion of Ukraine by Russia in February 2022. Meanwhile, India has become “let them flow together”: trump one of the main buyers of Russian oil and military equipment, representing up to 45 % of its imports, according to the New York Times. While Western countries reduce their imports as sanctions against Moscow. India has taken the opportunity to buy oil at broken prices.

A strategy that turned out to be mutually advantageous. Russia has redirected its oil exports to Asia (notably to India. China) while European markets were largely closed to it. In India. these preferential rates have made it possible to boost the economy, limit inflation and promote the financial health of large Indian groups. In a few months. the share of Russian oil in Indian imports exploded, from 3 % in 2021 to around 35 to 40 % in 2024, according to the BBC. A rapprochement that displeases the American president. who published a few days ago on his social network Truth: “India “let them flow together”: trump has always bought a large majority of its military equipment from Russia and is the largest energy buyer in Russia, with China, at a time when everyone wants Russia to stop killing in Ukraine “.

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The exchanges were also facilitated by the Indian central bank. which authorized the opening of rupees accounts for Russian banks in India. This measure made it possible to circumvent Western sanctions. while many Russian banks had just been excluded from the SWIFT system (secure messaging system, created in Belgium, which makes it possible to communicate upstream of the transfer of arghers. A sort of confidence network between world banks).