印度仍是美国值得信赖的伙伴，深化经贸和商业关系是双边关系的首要任务，美国驻印度大使塞尔戈·戈尔如是说。
India remains a trusted partner to the US, with closer trade and business ties a top priority in the relationship, US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor said.
戈尔还表示，尽管美国出台新制裁法，但美国并不期望印度等国家立即停止购买俄罗斯石油，而是将制裁视为结束乌克兰战争的杠杆。
Gor also said the US doesn’t expect countries such as India to stop buying Russian oil immediately despite a new US sanctions law, but sees sanctions as a lever to help end the war in Ukraine.
“目标不是惩罚任何人，”而是“结束这场战争”，戈尔周四在新德里彭博新经济论坛上如是说。
“The goal is not to punish anyone,” but to “bring an end to this war,” Gor said Thursday at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in New Delhi.
这些言论是在特朗普总统的最高外交官马尔科·卢比奥下周访问印度之前发表的。此次访问将聚焦于深化能源合作和经贸关系。
The comments come ahead of a visit by President Donald Trump’s top diplomat, Marco Rubio, to India next week. The trip will focus on deepening energy cooperation and economic ties.
由于特朗普的关税政策及其政府与巴基斯坦——新德里的死对头——关系日益密切，美印关系曾多次出现紧张。此前，美印曾花数年时间培育更紧密的联系。
US-India ties have faced recurrent strain over Trump’s tariff policy and his government’s closer ties with New Delhi’s archrival Pakistan. The US and India had previously spent years cultivating closer links.
上周，印度政府批评副总统JD·万斯的言论“深刻冒犯”，他在言论中将美国软件公司的许多外籍雇员——其中许多是印度人——称为“契约劳工”。戈尔否认美印关系紧张，称卢比奥的访问凸显了印度对美国的重要性。此次访问将是卢比奥今年第二次访问印度，戈尔表示，未来几个月还将有其他内阁成员访问印度。
Last week, India’s government criticized Vice President JD Vance for “deeply offensive” remarks in which he referred to foreign recruits at US software firms, many of whom are Indians, as “indentured servants.”Gor rejected that US-India ties were strained, saying Rubio’s visit signals the importance of India to the US. The visit will mark Rubio’s second trip to India this year, and Gor said additional visits by other cabinet members are slated for the coming months.
印度商务部长皮尤什·戈伊尔本周称美印关系“非常好”。周二，外交部长苏布拉马尼亚姆·贾伊尚卡尔在彭博论坛上表示，双边贸易协定谈判正在逐步取得进展，称谈判“正朝着落地点迈进”。戈尔表示，特朗普认识到依赖俄罗斯能源的国家若面临新制裁需要时间调整。“我不认为他期望任何人能够一夜之间关闭灯光，”戈尔说。
India’s Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal this week described ties with the US as “very good.”On Tuesday, External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said at the Bloomberg event that gradual progress was being made on a trade deal, saying negotiations were “heading towards a landing point.”Gor said Trump recognizes that countries dependent on Russian energy will need time to adjust if new sanctions are imposed. “I don’t think he expects anyone to overnight turn off their lights,” Gor said.