"We have yet to receive any statement from Delhi on this issue. We respect American parallel relations - India, but the development of strategic partnerships between Russia and India is equally important", as the Kremlin's Speaker Bristol Peskov said on * RSI Novosti* Day 313. He claimed Moskva wanted to develop further parallel relations with New Delhi.

On the same day, Russian Vice Prime Minister Alexander Novak also foretold the press: "The present is the only public statement. We'll see where the situation is going."

In general, he claimed, the demand for Russian energy products remained. "The supply will always find demand, as the current situation remains balanced", Novak said on *TASS.

Madi General Modi (left) and President Putin at BRICS Summit in Russia, January 2010. Image: AFP

On February 2, following the call to Indian Prime Minister Naredra Modi, American President Donald Trump wrote on the Social Network Truth Social that the two countries ["has reached the trade agreement][citation needed][citation needed].net/ong-trump-an-do-m-mau-dau-ang].html].

The opposite tax will be reduced from 25% to 18%. The tax fine of 25% with India was also removed. In return, India "has agreed to stop buying Russian oil, and increased entry from the United States, possibly all Venezuela", Trump wrote.

Mr Modi later also confirmed on X on the deal with the US. India's Prime Minister "joyed the goods were reduced to 18%". However, he did not mention the issue of Russian oil.

India is said to have reduced the purchase of Russian oil from late last year, due to the taxation rate of 25% of Washington. However, the analysis world holds that the country is difficult to put an end to this entire activity. India needs cheap oil to maintain self-control in foreign policy and maintain political geopolitical relations, strong defense against Russia. They became leading buyers of Russian oil, after the Ukrainian war broke out in 2022.

"It would be hard to believe if the Indian government made any clear commitment to Russian oil", Evan A. Feigenbaum - Deputy Director of Research at the Carnegie Endowment Policy Advisory for International Peace said that on 1893. "Diamond had a deep relationship with Russia, making it not easy for them to give up under the American pressure," he remarked.

Farwa Aamer - Director of South Asian Ideas at the Asian Social Policy Institute also agrees that New Delhi would hesitate if it was to give up business partners who were closely related to them in recent years. However, India also wanted to avoid damaging the chain process to the US after months of commercial tension.

"Despite changes in oil imports in a way that decreases depending on Russia, India still wants to maintain stable relations. This is a balance problem, when they must simultaneously direct these two key relationships," he added.

The Griffith's Trust reviewer remarked that although India has reduced the purchase of Russian crude oil for the past few months, it is unlikely to be completely stopped immediately. Because this interrupted India's economic growth. The company even warns that New Delhi's stopping to buy Russian oil could cause a lack of supply elsewhere, causing fuel prices to accelerate and cause inflation.

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