US President Donald Trump has pressurized India to prevent its oil imports from Russia and to follow restrictions on Iran, and is tense in relations between New Delhi, who have made a healthy strategic partnership for decades.
With trade talks after several rounds of talks, Trump has affected 25% tariff on Indian exports to the US which came into effect on 1 August, and is a threat to “adequate” growth on Monday.
India has stated that tafs are “inappropriate and incredible” and it will take “all necessary measures” to protect its “national interests and economic security”.
US-India relationship is deteriorating
After calling India a “friend” last week, Trump harden his voice on MondayNew Delhi officials said “How people in Ukraine are being killed by Russian war machine” and are helping to fund Russia’s war attempt to Ukraine through the purchase of Russian oil.
Tough rhetoric is a marked change in relations between India and the US.
Relationships have deteriorated in recent months, despite the performance of personal warmth and symbolic friendship when Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with President Trump earlier this year in Washington.
A security and strategic affairs expert, Commodore Uday Bhaskar believes that despite Trump’s “intimacy” approach, India “does not seek conflict.”
“, However, the United States has unilaterally and abrasive selected Tatturam to make Taturam a weapon. It is intimidating. And yes … Washington has less faith and disappointment,” Bhaskar told DW.
Amitabh Mattoo, Dean of the School of International Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi, said that India will not be threatened by “Tatms, Tantrums or Threat”.
“Our relations with Russia and Iran reflect sovereign decisions, not disobedience. We are not in the business of appeasement, nor of provocation.
The recession between Washington and New Delhi has followed India’s close relationship with India’s neighbor, Pakistan.
Two nuclear-host rivals recently fought a four-day struggle, which Trump said thanks to the US mediation-a claim was rejected.
The US and Pakistan signed a deal last month, in which Washington will develop the Oil reserves of the South Asian nation in exchange for the lower taste on its exports to the US.
India has relations in Spotlight in Russia and Iran
According to data from Finland -based Think Tank The Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air, India is now the largest buyer of Russian crude oil by volume.
About 35% -40% Indian oil imports come from Russia, from just 3% in 2021, Russia a year before Ukraine started a full -scale invasion of Ukraine.
While West has seen to cut relations with Moscow, India has not joined Western sanctions against Russia.
Senior Indian authorities and Ministry of External Affairs have repeatedly stated that India’s “stable and timid partnership with Russia is not negotiated and will not be subject to external pressure.
Trump, pointing to India’s ongoing trade with Iran, has justified the tariff, which has become a hit by Western sanctions on Tehran’s atomic ambitions.
Mantre President Shanti Marit D’Aza said that American policy seems to be an expression of “American policy” for the independent research forum [Trump’s] Disappointment to resolve Ukraine war and pressurize Iran. ,
“So directly struggles with India’s policy of strategic autonomy,” he told DW.
D’Souza suspected whether Trump’s aggressive perspective would help resolve the situation, saying that he risks to separate an interested and trusted partner in India.
Can diplomacy answer?
D’Souza said that India would have to resort to diplomacy to navigate the crisis.
In the coming weeks, he said that New Delhi would have to analyze whether to continue buying cheap Russian crude oil in line with its long -term strategic objectives.
“In the last decade, at the expense of its relations with Russia and Iran, India’s strategic relations with the US have become stronger. There can no longer be a clear idea in creating a full U-turn,” D’Suza said.
Ajay Bisaria, a former diplomat, who had returned from the US only said that Trump has harassed the world system by deploying two blunt equipment – taffs and restrictions – facing the threat of both with India.
Despite the recession and harsh rhetoric, Biskia told DW that “India should play long games, remain calm, and talk. The Trump event needs to be managed, not every step at the counter.”
Biskia said, “India said” should give priority to its national interest “, while Biskia said, while telling Washington that” gives importance to its partnership with America ” – as long as the White House tone its rapid confrontation rhetoric and honor” red lines of India “.
He pointed to an upcoming visit by an American delegation later this month to agree as a target for a business deal.
“Trump must be welcomed to signed the deal later,” Biskia said.
Edited by: Carl Sexton
