On Monday, the head of the White House will talk with the head of the Indian cabinet Narendra Modi. Reported by Voice of America.

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At the same time, US Deputy National Security Adviser for International Economics Duleep Singh, who recently visited India, said that the US will not set a "

After the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the announced Western sanctions against Moscow, India could not resist the big discounts on Russian oil and bought at least 13 million barrels of Russian crude oil.. India bought 16 million barrels last year.

Biden, who last spoke with Indian Prime Minister Modi in March, said that among the group of Quartet countries, only India took a "

Recall that India has not imposed sanctions against Russia and is now the third largest importer and consumer of oil in the world.. While India has increased purchases from the US over the past decade, Russia has long been the country's largest supplier of defense equipment..