The decision to impose levies on the South Asian country for buying Russia oil is “the right idea,” the Ukrainian leader has said.
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| FILE PHOTO: Vladimir Zelensky. © Omer Messinger / Getty Images |
Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has claimed US President Donald Trump’s decision to impose 25% penal tariffs on India for buying Russian oil was the “right” thing to do.
In an interview with ABC News’ Martha Raddatz that was aired on Sunday, Zelensky said “additional pressure” was needed on Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Mentioning last week’s Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin, China, Raddatz asked, “When you saw [Indian Prime Minister Narendra] Modi there, who has helped Russia... so did the plan backfire of trying to put sanctions on them?”
In response, Zelensky said, “I think the idea to put tariffs on the countries which continue to make deals with Russia, I think this is [the] right idea.”
The US has imposed duties on most Indian products, which include a 25% tariff announced in early August followed by an additional 25% at the end of last month, as a “penalty” for India’s purchases of Russian oil and defense equipment – actions that Trump claims have indirectly fueled the Ukraine conflict.
