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Biden Urges Modi Not to Step Up Indian Use of Russian Oil
ABC News ^ | April 11, 2022 | JOSH BOAK, FATIMA HUSSEIN and ASHOK SHARMA

Posted on 04/11/2022 2:22:25 PM PDT by nickcarraway

President Joe Biden has asked India’s Narendra Modi not to accelerate the buying of Russian oil as the U.S. and other nations try to cut off Moscow’s energy income following the invasion of Ukraine

President Joe Biden asked India's Narendra Modi on Monday not to accelerate the buying of Russian oil as the U.S. and other nations try to cut off Moscow's energy income following the invasion of Ukraine. The Indian prime minister made no public commitment to refrain from Russian oil, a source of tension with the U.S.

Meeting by video call, Biden told Modi that the U.S. could help India diversify its sources of energy, according to press secretary Jen Psaki. Even though India receives little of its oil from Russia, it stepped up recently with a major purchase as other democracies are trying to isolate Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“The president also made clear that he doesn’t believe it’s in India’s interest to accelerate or increase imports of Russian energy or other commodities,” Psaki said.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: anwr; biden; bidenflation; brics; ccp; china; economy; india; keystonexl; modi; narendramodi; oil; opec; russia
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To: nickcarraway

“I’ve had a great relationship. In Delaware, the largest growth in population is Indian-Americans moving from India. You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin’ Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. I’m not joking,” Biden said.

Biden’s gaff-o-matic comes back to bite him in the ass.


21 posted on 04/11/2022 3:33:23 PM PDT by Flick Lives (The CDC. Brought to you by Pfizer)
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To: nascarnation

He wants to prop up Venezuela while he turns our nation
into Venezuela.


22 posted on 04/11/2022 3:40:02 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: pierrem15

How would that help?


23 posted on 04/11/2022 3:51:45 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: pierrem15

India would probably like that, they would like to end the, “brain drain.”


24 posted on 04/11/2022 3:52:20 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Modi tells Biden in Hindi, go and reproduce asexually.

5.56mm


25 posted on 04/11/2022 3:56:18 PM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho need to go.)
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To: Thunder90

Or how do we say in Hundi “FJB!”?


26 posted on 04/11/2022 4:15:02 PM PDT by shalom aleichem (Let's Go Brandon! Pompeo for President!)
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To: nickcarraway

Actually the most amusing part of that is India’s sophisticated space program and the UK having India as a foreign aid recipient from Her Majesty’s annual budget.


27 posted on 04/11/2022 4:24:14 PM PDT by Owen
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To: nickcarraway

Yeah, let your poor and barely surviving people suffer more! Come on, man!


28 posted on 04/11/2022 4:24:48 PM PDT by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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To: nickcarraway

The Indians present in the US transfer an enormous amount of income to India. If the US put the brakes on that, as well as Indian firms doing business in India and investment from the US, it would cause some serious pain.


29 posted on 04/11/2022 5:31:57 PM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: pierrem15
It would cause some pain, but it might cause even more gain. Do you realize the brain drain out of India to the United States.

By the way, India is not Mexico, which is what you seem to think.

30 posted on 04/11/2022 5:34:05 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway


success!!
31 posted on 04/11/2022 5:39:24 PM PDT by Mount Athos
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To: nickcarraway

There are lots of brains without capital in Zimbabwe. No market, no capital means you can think up the most beautiful algorithms in the world but can’t do squat. Let them go back to India and fight for jobs there.


32 posted on 04/11/2022 5:49:42 PM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: Thunder90
In fact Modi has reached out to Xi Jinping and is coming to mutual agreement on many topics.

This is a very strange assertion. Perhaps you read Chinese state propaganda. (not being sarcastic or dis-respectful in any way)

India refuses to talk to China about anything except Chinese violations of the Border treaties. India has now realised that any treaty with China will exist only till the Chinese need it. Then it will be violated. There will ne no mutual agreements any more.

India needs Russia only to counter China. Thanks to Nixon, India became dependent on Russki weapons. Also important to India is the Russian Veto in the UNSC, which has shielded India from both Chinese and American resolutions. France also shields India but that one is at risk every general election.

33 posted on 04/11/2022 11:39:54 PM PDT by IndianChief
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To: Owen
the most amusing part of that is India’s sophisticated space program and the UK having India as a foreign aid recipient from Her Majesty’s annual budget

Actually India refused the aid, but was gently reminded that the limousine liberals at OXFAM had Her Majestys patronage and it was impotant that such limousine libs were not given cause to complain. I believe total UK aid to India is 65m GBP. It is not welcome as such because our own limo libs, referred to locally as 5-star activists, join forces with these busybodies to hurt India.

34 posted on 04/11/2022 11:48:09 PM PDT by IndianChief
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To: IndianChief

I suppose that is not surprising.

India bought S400s and enraged the US arms dealer people. It largely declared Patriot inferior.

More rage.


35 posted on 04/12/2022 9:22:03 AM PDT by Owen
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