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Russia
has
hit
out
at
the
US
after
it
warned
India
of
revising
tariffs
over
buying
oil
from
Russia
and
said
that
such
threats
are
illegal,
Reuters
reported.
Dmitry
Peskov,
Press
Secretary
of
the
President
of
the
Russian
Federation,
stated
that
the
countries
have
the
right
to
choose
their
trade
partners
and
pressure
against
Russia’s
trade
partners
will
be
considered
as
threats.
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by
editors
Russia
criticized
the
U.S.
for
its
warnings
to
India
regarding
oil
purchases,
with
Dmitry
Peskov
stating
countries
have
the
right
to
choose
trade
partners;
this
follows
U.S.
President
Donald
Trump’s
threat
to
revise
tariffs
due
to
India’s
Russian
oil
buys.
“We
hear
many
statements
that
are
in
fact
threats,
attempts
to
force
countries
to
cut
trade
relations
with
Russia.
We
do
not
consider
such
statements
to
be
legal,” Reuters
quoted
Peskov
as
saying.
“We
believe
that
sovereign
countries
should
have
and
do
have
the
right
to
choose
their
own
trading
partners,
partners
for
trade
and
economic
cooperation,
and
to
choose
for
themselves
the
forms
of
trade
and
economic
cooperation
that
are
in
the
interests
of
a
particular
country,” he
stated.
It
comes
after
US
President
Donald
Trump
warned
India
of
revising
tariffs
if
it
stops
buying
oil
and
military
products
from
Russia.
“India
is
not
only
buying
massive
amounts
of
Russian
Oil,
they
are
then,
for
much
of
the
Oil
purchased,
selling
it
on
the
Open
Market
for
big
profits.
They
don’t
care
how
many
people
in
Ukraine
are
being
killed
by
the
Russian
War
Machine.
Because
of
this,
I
will
be
substantially
raising
the
Tariff
paid
by
India
to
the
USA,”
the
US
President
said
in
a
social
media
post.
On
the
other
hand,
India
has
responded
to
US
and
the
European
Union’s
threats
to
New
Delhi
as
“unjustified
and
unreasonable”.
“The
targeting
of
India
is
unjustified
and
unreasonable.
Like
any
major
economy,
India
will
take
all
necessary
measures
to
safeguard
its
national
interests
and
economic
security,”
the
Ministry
of
External
Affairs
stated.
Meanwhile,
the
Eastern
Command
of
the
Indian
Army
has
shared
a
historical
document
highlighting
the
longstanding
pattern
of
US
military
support
to
Pakistan.
It
has
posted
an
old
newspaper
clipping
dated
August
5,
1971,
which
revealed
how
the
US
had
been
supplying
arms
to
Pakistan
for
decades,
particularly
during
the
lead-up
to
the
1971
war.
