Putin vows interrupted oil supply to India after Modi talks
發佈日期: 2025-12-05 21:24
TVB News
Russian President Vladimir Putin is in India to hold talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an annual summit.
At the end of talks in New Delhi, Putin said Russia was ready to provide India with an uninterrupted supply of oil.
A special welcome in New Delhi for Russian President Vladimir Putin. A guard of honour ahead of talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the 23rd Russia-India Summit.
The summit is aimed strengthening bilateral ties and the agenda includes discussions on defence, energy and labour mobility.
India has historically maintained deep ties with Russia, but their close bonds may strain relations with the European Union and the United States, both of whom are negotiating major trade agreements with New Delhi and are key export markets.
Before the talks, Putin hailed Russia-India ties, saying cooperation opportunities are expanding, including new areas such as technology, aviation, space and artificial intelligence.
Putin said the two countries have a "very trusting relationship when it comes to military-technical cooperation".
US President Donald Trump raised tariffs on Indian goods to 50 percent in August, citing New Delhi's discounted Russian oil. India has been the second biggest importer of Russian crude after China.
The US says purchases of Russian oil help finance Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Modi said: "India is not neutral, India takes the side of peace. We all support all efforts for peace. We stand shoulder to shoulder with respect to peace."
He added that he supported an expansion of Indo-Russian economic relations.
In October, the US sanctioned two of Moscow's biggest oil producers to force countries like India to cut down on imports.
In his meeting with Putin, Modi is likely to push for faster delivery of two more Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile systems. It has already received three under a 2018 deal worth about 5.4 billion US dollars.
The delay has been tied to supply chain disruptions linked to the war in Ukraine. The two sides signed a pact in February to improve military cooperation, exercises, port calls, disaster relief assistance and logistics support.
Bilateral trade between the two countries stood at 68.7 billion US dollars in the fiscal year ending in March, with an aim to boost it to 100 billion by 2030.
