Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on Monday told the Parliament panel in foreign affairs that India would not be able to stop defense deals with the United States and underlined that the two countries have multi-dimensional relations, of which trade is a small part.
Government officials indicated to the panel that the purchase of Russian oil would continue and President Vladimir Putin’s upcoming India visit or any possible visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for China is part of any calibration, but pre -planned attachments.
In the first government briefing to a parliamentary panel after imposing 50% tariffs on the US, Commerce Secretary Sunil Bartwal informed the panel that the sixth round of trade talks between India and the US has been set and the US has not stopped the discussions in New Delhi.
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US President Donald Trump signed an executive order that doubled India’s tariff to 50% by announcing an additional 25% duties on Russian oil procurement last Wednesday. Being effective on August 27, the additional 25%, puts India at a parcel with Brazil, when it comes to the highest levy of 50%.
The Ministry of Commerce also stated the panel that as part of the export diversification strategy, efforts are being made to tap the ability of India’s current trade agreements with partners like UAE, Australia, ASEAN, Japan, South Korea and Mauritius.
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“As soon as agreements apply, preparations are underway to take advantage of opportunities under new FTA participation like UK. Similarly, efforts are being intensified to end the efforts rapidly, such as with the European Union, mutually beneficial and balanced business principles, based on the meeting,” said a work participating in the meeting.
Misri responded to a lot of questions from members who asked him about statements against India at an event in the US, Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir and inspired Trump to impose additional tariffs on India.
At a black-tie dinner at Washington DC, Munir said that the Indus River “does not have a family property of Indians” and claimed that Pakistan “had no shortage of resources to undo Indian designs to stop the river”, according to the Dawn quoted by the news agency Annie.
On the statement of Munir, the chairman of the Standing Committee and Congress legalist Shashi Tharoor said that this was discussed in the meeting. “Yes, the question of General Munir’s statement on American soil has been questioned. In this way our concern was expressed about the misuse of a friendly country to say something about us. But at the same time, the fact that the fact that the nuclear saber-chul is something that Pakistanis were told about that time that was released in our meeting.”
Briefing the discussions of the Standing Committee, Misri told the MPs that the Center has not received official denial from the US about the next round of trade talks.
He also explained how India’s relationship with America is “multidimensional” and forms a strategic partnership. He reported that during the last few months, the US had extradited Tahwur Rana, one of the closest colleagues of David Coleman Headley, one of the masterminds of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, killing 166 people.
Misri highlighted how the US also sued the resistance front, which claimed responsibility for the Pahalgam terror attack as a terrorist organization, and that the US supported the UNSC resolution against the Pahalgam terror attack.
Talking to the media after the meeting, Tharoor said that the meeting was discussed in the meeting “Despite this special problem, the importance of Indo-American relations.
