Zelensky Supports US Tariffs on India
(MENAFN) Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has stated that US President Donald Trump’s choice to enforce 25% punitive tariffs on India for its acquisition of Russian oil was the “right” action.
In an interview with a news agency aired on Sunday, Zelensky emphasized that “additional pressure” was necessary on Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Referring to last week’s Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin, China, Raddatz asked, “When you saw [Indian Prime Minister Narendra] Modi there, who has helped Russia... so did the plan backfire of trying to put sanctions on them?”
Zelensky responded, “I think the idea to put tariffs on the countries which continue to make deals with Russia, I think this is [the] right idea.”
The United States has levied duties on a majority of Indian products, which included a 25% tariff announced in early August and an additional 25% at the end of last month, as a “penalty” for India’s procurement of Russian oil and defense equipment – measures that Trump asserts have indirectly fueled the Ukraine conflict.
Prior to traveling to Tianjin for the SCO summit, Modi engaged in a telephone conversation with Zelensky, during which the Indian leader expressed that New Delhi provides “ful
l support” to “restore peace and stability” in Ukraine.
“As far as the conflict in Ukraine is concerned, we welcome all the recent efforts towards establishing peace in Ukraine,” Indian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal stated on Friday. “We hope that all parties will proceed ahead constructively. India supports an early end of the conflict and the establishment of an enduring peace.”
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