Narendra Modi, Ally of Russia, his main supplier of weapons, does not want to tear Putin in his confrontation with China.
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Support the assailant without angering the defenders. It is the perilous exercise of equilibrism to which Narendra Modi has been in the Russian attack in Ukraine. Allied Russia, its main supplier of weapons, but also the United States and Europe, its Indo-Pacific partners, the Indian Prime Minister refuses to condemn Vladimir Putin’s boost. He did not speak publicly, but he said he spoke with Russian President by telephone, Thursday, February 24. According to a statement from his cabinet, he would have “requested an immediate cessation of violence” and called “to concerted efforts of all parties to return to the path of negotiations and diplomatic dialogue”. The two men also mentioned the situation of 18,000 Indian nationals in Ukraine.
Logical consequence, India has chosen to abstain, Friday, February 25, during the UN Security Council vote on a resolution deplorable in “the strongest terms” the “aggression against the ‘Ukraine “and claiming to Russia to remove” immediately “his troops. Already, at the first Emergency Meeting of the Council, Monday, February 21, the Indian representative merely appealed to the “restraint of all parties”.
Nothing has changed my mind modi, nor the pressure of Joe Biden, the American president, nor the poignant call launched Thursday by the Ambassador of Ukraine to India, Igor Polikha, who had implored New Delhi To provide clear support to his country and emphasized that the Indian Prime Minister is part of the rare leaders that President Putin listens. Ukraine is “deeply dissatisfied” of India’s position, commented on the diplomat.
Despite the intensity of the Russian attack, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, who spoke Thursday night by phone with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, and the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, continues to affirm that dialogue and diplomacy are the best way to defuse the Ukrainian crisis.
Ancient Friendship
As the Daily The Indian Express, Modi is in a “diplomatic dilemma”, with key strategic partners on both sides of the conflict. The Hindu nationalist leader needs the United States and France to build the Indo-Pacific strategy intended to contain China’s hegemony, its great rival. But he also needs the support of Moscow in his front fight with China in the Himalayas. For two years, Indian and Chinese armies have been facing Ladakh. Beijing claims part of the Indian territory in the Himalayas. Despite dozens of diplomatic and military negotiation sessions, the conflict remains open and the Chinese army has led, in recent months, new incursions into Uttarakhand and the Arunachal Pradesh. New Delhi has deployed 60,000 men and heavy equipment in the Himalayas.
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