U.S. Consulate's "issuing order" to the Port of Mumbai, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of India: U.S. Actions are not compliant

[Global Times Reporter Li Peisong] India and the United States have gone again due to sanctions on Russia. In response to the "issuing order" of the Mumbai Port Affairs Affairs Affairs Affairs of Mumbai, the US Department of Foreign Affairs said on the 14th that the United States does not meet relevant regulations.

According to the Hindu Tribunal report on the 14th, the Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Bagi said at a regular press conference that day that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has noticed the matter, and it is known that the relevant consulates, the Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the American Embassy only only It is an appropriate channel for communicating such foreign affairs. Baggi added that the economic and commercial exchanges between India and Russia in the context of Russia and Ukraine, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has clearly stated its position many times in the past, and there is no supplementary statement at this stage. Some Indian netizens left a message under relevant news reports: "How can the consulate to give orders to local government agencies? This is really trampled on the threshold of other people's family."

India's "Economic Times" reported that the US Consulate General in Mumbai directly sent a letter directly to the Mencius Port Authority, urging the latter not to let the Russian commercial ships stop at Mumbai Port because the United States imposed sanctions against Russia. According to relevant regulations, unless the central government agencies have been instructed, India's port cannot decide to agree or reject commercial ships to stop. After receiving a letter from the Mumbai Port Authority, the Mumbai Affairs Bureau sought opinions from the General Administration of Transport, and the General Administration of Transport reported the incident to the Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Economic Times quoted sources as saying that the United States said that the relevant letter was private after the incident.

According to the outbreak of Russia and Ukraine's conflict, India has increased the import of Russian crude oil regardless of the US rigorous sanctions on Russia, regardless of the United States, and has recently imported coal from Russia at a discount. Out of the consideration of India, the United States had to open the Internet for India, but it never gave up the efforts of India's efforts to add India to join the sanctions against Russia.

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