Rubio called India an "ally" but noted that Delhi's Russian oil imports were hampering its relationship with Washington.

A day after Trump announced a 25 per cent tariff “plus penalty” on India, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio Thursday voiced concern that New Delhi’s continued import of Russian oil is “most certainly a point of irritation” in the relationship between the two nations.

All these statements came a day after US President Donald Trump announced a 25 per cent tariff on India and an additional penalty on Indian imports in the country. For this, Trump gave the reason for India-Russia trade ties. In one of his posts on Truth Social Trump said that the US has a massive trade deficit with India.