Divya Delhi:  White House trade advisor Peter Navarro accused India of developing ties with Xi Jinping. He also called “a laundry for the Kremlin” for buying cheap Russian crude oil, refining it, and selling its products at high rates worldwide. Navarro nevertheless praised India's leadership, saying “the road to peace runs through. This deal lets Russia pay its war in Ukraine while India profits, he said. India resists acknowledging its role in the bloodshed... Xi Jinping is being courted. India doesn't need Russian oil. A refining profiteering scam. Laundromat for the Kremlin. I adore India. Modi is a terrific leader, but India, consider your place in the world economy. Your actions are not promoting peace. It perpetuates war, said the White House trade advisor. His comments follow former US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley's call for India to be treated as a “prized free and democratic partner” in the global fight against China's rise. Her Newsweek opinion piece cautioned that undermining US-India relations' 25-year momentum would be a “strategic disaster.” Trump should “reverse the downward spiral” and meet directly with Modi, she said. “The sooner the better,” she responded. Haley believes India is the only country that can counterbalance Chinese dominance in Asia, so the US must maintain a strong connection. Famous economist Jeffrey Sachs called the US administration's hefty tariffs on India “bizarre” and “very self-destructive of US foreign policy interests”.