US President Joe Biden met with Indian Prime Minister Modi online over the situation in Ukraine and urged him to stay away from Russia, saying it would not be in India's interest to increase crude oil imports from Russia.
President Biden met with Indian Prime Minister Modi online on the 11th to discuss the situation in Ukraine, where Russia's military invasion continues, for about an hour.
India has long been a friendly nation over this military invasion, and has indicated that it will continue to import crude oil from Russia without directly blaming Russia, which is the largest supplier of weapons, and will strengthen sanctions in Europe and the United States. It is different from such things.
After the meeting, White House spokesman Saki said, "President Biden has made it clear that increasing energy imports from Russia will not benefit India," and asked India to stay away from Russia. I urged you.
However, a senior White House official told reporters that the United States did not make a specific request, saying that crude oil imports were at the discretion of each country.
Meanwhile, the Indian side issued a statement saying, "The two leaders discussed regional and global issues such as the situation in Ukraine."
Following the summit, the two countries are holding face-to-face foreign and defense ministerial talks in Washington, and the United States is working with Western countries to tighten sanctions on Russia, while India goes against the move to increase pressure. I want to prevent that.