India calls on the European Union and the United States with Russia after Trump threatens the sharp tariff

India said it was “targeted” by the United States and the European Union because of its imports of Russian oil after US President Donald Trump threatened to social media overnight, New Delhi with more severe definitions.

The country’s foreign ministry said in a statement late on Monday that India began importing oil from Russia only after converting traditional supplies to Europe after the outbreak of Russia and Krin’s war in 2022.

The Ministry called the European Union and the United States, saying: “It reveals that the countries that criticize India are itself indulged in trade with Russia. Unlike our situation, this trade is not even a vital national coercion (for them).”

The bilateral trade of the European Union with Russia amounted to 67.5 billion euros ($ 78.1 billion) in 2024, while the trade trade in 2023 was 17.2 billion euros, according to L. European Commission data. Quoting that data, India said the mass trade is “much more” than the total India trade with Russia.

Data from the Indian embassy in Moscow The bilateral trade between New Delhi and Moscow showed a record number of 68.7 billion dollars for the year ending in March 2025, approximately 5.8 times of prehistoric trade of $ 10.1 billion.

Meanwhile, the European Union was the third largest commercial partner for Russia in 2024, representing 38.4 % of the country’s total trade in the country in goods, as it slipped from being a large partner in Moscow in 2020. The merchandise trade in the European Union with Russia decreased to 67.5 billion euros in 2024 from 257.5 billion euros in 2021.

India’s response comes after Trump Monday threatened He said he “raises” the definitions of India, although he did not specify the level of the higher definitions. The US President threatened 25 % on Indian exports, as well as unlimited “punishment” last week.

India also accused the purchase of Russian reduced oil and “selling it in the open market to obtain great profits.”

It has become Russia The pioneering oil resource of India Since the war began in Ukraine, imports increase from less than 100,000 barrels per day before the invasion, or 2.5 % of its total imports, to more than 1.8 million barrels per day in 2023, or 39 %, according to the US Energy Information Administration report earlier this year.

“The United States was actively encouraged by such imports by India to enhance the stability of global energy markets,” the country said in its statement.

Eric Jercyti said, when the American ambassador of India was last year at a conference India bought Russian oil “We wanted to buy a person of Russian oil.”

According to the International Energy Agency, 70 % of Russian crude It was exported to India in 2024. India was aimed at ensuring the expected energy costs at reasonable prices for the Indian consumer.

In the past, India defended the purchases of oil from Russia, with Hardip Singh Buri, the country’s energy minister, saying in an interview with CNBC that New Delhi helped stabilize global energy prices and encouraged the United States to do so.

“If people or countries stop buying at that point, the price of oil would have reached $ 130 a barrel. This was a situation in which we advised, including our friends in the United States, please buy Russian oil, but within the maximum prices.”

India also targeted in the United States, saying that the country is still importing uranium Floride for its nuclear makers, and pullaum for the manufacture of the electric car, as well as fertilizers and chemicals.

Government data showed that US bilateral trade with Russia in 2024 amounted to 5.2 billion dollars, compared to nearly 36 billion dollars in 2021. The United States did not impose any “mutual tariff” on Russia.

“In this background, targeting India is unjustified and unreasonable. Like any major economy, India will take all necessary measures to protect its national interests and economic security,” said New Delhi.

Rachel Zimba, assistant colleague at a new American security center, said that Rachel Zimba, assistant colleague at a new American security center, said that some of India’s fears were justified. “It was the last American administration that set the maximum price system, which facilitated the retestation of trade.”

Zimba also said that India had been “shooting” from difficult commercial conversations.