An American State Department official said that India is a strategic partner with which the US communicates with “complete clarity and honesty” and (US) President Donald Trump has clearly shared its concerns about India’s buying oil from Russia and its business imbalance with Washington.
“In the context of India, I can say that the US President has clearly shared his concerns about business imbalance and Russia buying oil from Russia,” Principal Deputy Spokesperson Tommy Pigot said at a press conference on Thursday. You have seen that they have also taken action directly on this. ”
He was answering Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s question on the scheduled visit to China from August 31 to September 1 to September 1 to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit. This will be Modi’s visit to China after seven years.
Pigot said, “India is a strategic partner with which we communicate openly and clearly.” This series will continue even further. ”He said that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has also talked about it.
Pigot said, “It does not happen in foreign policy that there is a 100 percent consensus on every issue.” But it is very clear that the President is worried about trade imbalance and India buying Russian oil. He has also taken steps on this. ”
When Pigot was asked whether there was any concern about the overall decline in the relations between America and India and whether there is a possibility of New Delhi close to China, he said that it is a case of “honest, complete and clear dialogue” about the real concerns of this administration and the President has spoken very clearly about them and has taken steps on them.
He said, “It is important to resolve these concerns. This is part of the clear dialogue.” He said, “Finally, it is a clear and complete dialogue and it means to pursue American interests. This is actually a really meaning to have a complete diplomatic dialogue with the partners to deal with the concerns that we have to solve.