India has responded to the United States immediately! After Trump stated that India purchases most of its oil and sells it on the open market to make huge profits, which would significantly increase the tariffs India pays to the United States, India has given a strong response to the United States. On August 5, Randeep Suri, a spokesperson for the Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stated that India believes the criticism by the United States and the European Union against Russia's oil imports is baseless and unreasonable.

India said that as one of the world's major economies, India will take all necessary actions to safeguard national interests and economic security. Obviously, in the face of Trump's warning, India's response was very direct. India's message is clear: India is not going to yield to the United States on the issue of purchasing Russian energy. If the United States takes action against India, India will respond in turn.

Why is India so firm? This is mainly due to three reasons. First, as a country friendly with Russia, India obviously does not accept the U.S. approach of forcing India to take sides through coercion. The United States and Europe cannot demand other countries to take the same position as them just because they do not purchase or sanction Russia. This is clearly unreasonable.

The second reason is that India is a country with limited oil resources, and Russian energy is very important to India. India certainly does not want its energy procurement policy to be dictated by another country. Third, with Trump taking a tough stance on tariffs against India, anti-American sentiment has increased domestically in India. The Modi government certainly does not want to be labeled as compromising with the United States. Moreover, abruptly cutting off Russia's energy imports could be seen as breaching contracts. Obviously, facing India's firm statement, the United States must have underestimated India.

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