Videsh Mantralaya (Ministry of External Affairs) ne aaj US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick ke us bayan ko sakht lehze mein galat thahraya hai jisme kaha gaya tha ki Bharat aur America ke beech trade deal isliye nahi ho payi kyunki PM Modi ne President Trump ko call nahi kiya. MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal ne ek press briefing ke dauran kaha ki yeh poori baat “inaccurate” (galat) hai aur asliyat se bilkul juda hai.
MEA ne saaf kiya ki Prime Minister Narendra Modi aur President Donald Trump ke beech rishte bahut hi dosti bhare aur sammanjanak (respectful) hain. Jaiswal ne bataya ki sirf pichle saal yaani 2025 mein hi donon leaders ke beech 8 baar phone par baat-cheet hui hai. Iske alawa, donon desh February 2025 se hi ek balanced aur mutually beneficial trade agreement ke liye kai rounds ki baatein kar chuke hain.
Lutnick ne ek podcast mein claim kiya tha ki Bharat ne “train miss kar di” hai aur ab unhe zyada tariffs (tax) dene padenge kyunki unhone waqt par deal finalize nahi ki. Is par MEA ne jawab diya ki kai maukon par donon desh deal ke bahut kareeb pahunch gaye the. Bharat ne do-tok kaha ki hum abhi bhi ek aisi trade deal mein interested hain jo donon deshon ki economy ke liye faydemand ho, lekin baaton ko is tarah tod-marod kar pesh karna sahi nahi hai.
Iske saath hi, MEA ne America mein pesh kiye gaye us naye kanoon (Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025) par bhi apni nazar hone ki baat kahi, jo Russia se tel (oil) kharidne wale deshon par 500% tak ka tariff lagane ki dhamki deta hai. Jaiswal ne kaha ki Bharat ki energy policy hamesha apne 140 crore logon ki zaroorat aur saste tel ki upalabdhata (availability) par nirbhar karti hai, aur hum global market ke halat ko dekhte hue hi faisle lenge.