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Putin to visit India this year, Indian minister quoted as

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Trump announced fresh tariffs on Indian goods over Delhi's

oil

purchases

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Russian official says Russia and India hoping to build new

'world order'

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MOSCOW/NEW DELHI, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Russia and India

stressed their commitment to a "strategic partnership" in

bilateral security talks in Moscow on Thursday, a day after U.S.

President Donald Trump announced higher tariffs on imports from

India because of its purchases of Russian oil.

Interfax news agency quoted Indian national security

adviser Ajit Doval as saying that New Delhi was looking forward

to a visit from President Vladimir Putin by the end of the year.

At Doval's meeting with Sergei Shoigu, secretary of Russia's

Security Council, both sides emphasised the importance of the

countries' relations.

Trump's imposition of an additional 25% tariff on goods

from India, coming into force on August 28, signals the most

serious downturn in U.S.-India relations since his return to

office in January, threatening to disrupt India's access to its

largest export market.

"We are committed to further active cooperation in order to

form a new, more just and sustainable world order, ensure the

supremacy of international law, and jointly combat modern

challenges and threats," Shoigu told Doval in televised

comments.

Interfax quoted Doval as saying: "We have now established

very good relations, which we value very much, a strategic

partnership between our countries".

India and China have become the top buyers of Russian

seaborne crude oil since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion

of Ukraine in February 2022, precipitating Western efforts to

choke the Russian economy.

Trump had threatened measures against countries buying

Russian oil before he announced the new tariff on Indian goods,

which raised the total duty to 50%.

On Tuesday, the Kremlin accused the United States of

exerting illegal trade pressure on New Delhi, saying India has

the right to trade with whomever it chooses.

India's state refiners have stopped Russian oil purchases as

the discounts narrowed and Trump warned countries not to buy

Moscow's oil, industry sources said. Private refiners Reliance

Industries and Nayara are Russia's top oil clients in

India, trade data shows.

An Indian official familiar with the matter said Doval

would discuss India's purchases of Russian crude during his

visit to Moscow. He was also expected to discuss India's defence

collaboration with Russia, the official said.

India signed a $5.5 billion deal with Russia in 2018 for

five S-400 Triumf long-range surface-to-air missile systems,

which New Delhi says it needs to counter a threat from China.

But deliveries of the systems have been delayed several

times. Moscow is expected to deliver units of the final two

S-400 systems to India in 2026 and 2027.

New Delhi has traditionally relied heavily on arms

imports from Russia, although it has dramatically reduced those

imports and shifted to Western buyers in recent years.