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Strong Rebuttal : MEA Terms ‘Inaccurate And Misleading’ White House Trade Advisor Peter Navarro’s Comments
Last week, Navarro accused India of being an “oil money laundromat for the Kremlin” and described it as “strategic freeloading” New Delhi continuing to buy Russian weapons while urging American defence firms to transfer sensitive military technologies and set up manufacturing plants in India.
India has clearly rejected as “inaccurate and misleading” White House Trade advisor Peter Navarro’s offensive comments on New Delhi for its procurement of Russian crude oil.
“We have seen the inaccurate and misleading statements made by Navarro, and obviously reject them,” External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said.
Last week, Navarro accused India of being an “oil money laundromat for the Kremlin” and described it as “strategic freeloading” New Delhi continuing to buy Russian weapons while urging American defence firms to transfer sensitive military technologies and set up manufacturing plants in India.
“If India, the world’s largest democracy, wants to be treated like a strategic partner of the US, it needs to act like one,” he said, in a series of social media posts attacking New Delhi.
The relations between New Delhi and Washington are on a downturn after President Donald Trump doubled tariffs on Indian goods to a whopping 50 per cent including a 25 per cent additional duties for India’s purchase of Russian crude oil.