After Russia, US is ready to become India's reliable supplier

India has become very important for Russia and the USA. Both have extended support to India in various forms. But with condition. The United States stands ready to support India in its any efforts to diversify its imports, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said. The US reiterated its objection to New Delhi continuing business as usual with Russia and said that it has clearly conveyed to India that the US does not think India should accelerate import of oil and other comodities from Russia she said. The US has been repeating its displeasure with India's continuous engagement with Russia in sectors like oil and defence.  On the question of whether not having a confirmed ambassador in New Delhi is coming in the way of persuading India to not engage with Russia, Jen Psaki said sending deputy national security advisor Daleep Singh to India was an example of the various channels the United States has to engage. But US's preference would be to have a confirmed ambassador on the ground. The United States at present does not have a confirmed ambassador in India as Eric Garcetti who is supposed to be the next ambassador does not have enough votes yet. According to reports, Biden may replace Garcetti's nomination. 

Earlier, US defence secretary Lloys Austin on Tuesday said going forward, the US will want India to downscale India's defence dependence on Russia. US is ready to take the place of Russia, he said. During his recent visit to New Delhi, Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said Russia is also ready to discuss if India wants to buy anything from Moscow amid the difficult global situation caused by Russia's aggression on Ukraine.