- Trump says Gor is also a special envoy for southern and central Asia.
- Call Lor Friend for a long time, Key Ally in his campaigns, Super Pac.
- Hail’s Gor’s role in the publication of his books, hiring staff for his second term.
President Donald Trump said on Friday that he would name Sergio Gor, one of his closest assistance, to be the next American ambassador to India, where he will supervise the icy relations that have worsened with the doubly planned of American prices on India’s goods next week.
GOR, who is currently director of the White House presidential office office, would also serve as a special envoy for South and Central Affairs, Trump said.
Trump declared in an article on his Truth social account that Gor would remain in his current position until he is confirmed for the post in India by the United States. Senate.
“Sergio is a great friend, who has been by my side for many years. He has worked on my historic presidential campaigns, published my best -selling books and directed one of the biggest Super CAP, who supported our movement,” said Trump, welcoming GOR’s work in the hiring of staff for his second mandate.
“For the most populous region in the world, it is important that I have someone in whom I can fully trust to deliver my program and help us, make America again large,” wrote Trump.
The American links of India were tense by the Trump trade war, with talks on lower rate rates, the collapse of India, the fifth world economy, resisted the opening of its vast agricultural and dairy sectors. Bilateral trade between the two countries is worth more than $ 190 billion each year.
Gor, in a publication on X, thanked Trump for the appointment and said that it would be “the honor of my life” for representing the United States in the new role.
Trump first imposed additional prices of 25% on imports from India, then said that they would double at 50% compared to August 27 as a punishment for increased Russian oil purchases from New Delhi.
Trump did not impose rates similar to the goods in China, the largest Russian oil buyer.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent accused India on Tuesday of “taking advantage” in its highly increased purchases of Russian oil during the war in Ukraine and said Washington considered the situation unacceptable.
Bessent told CNBC in an interview that Russian oil now represented 42% of total oil purchases from India, against less than 1% before the war, while China, the largest Russian oil buyer, increased its share to 16%.
India approaches its future trade relations with the United States with a “very open spirit”, said Friday the Minister of Commerce Piyush Goyal, while highlighting the consequent and important nature of the relationship with the two countries.
Trump’s announcement on Gor’s appointment intervened shortly after the abrupt cancellation of a planned visit to American commercial negotiators in New Delhi from August 25 to 29.
