India, US send clear signal: Divergence on Russia in Ukraine, convergences far more

Does not hide divergence in views in Russia and his war in Ukraine, the US and India send clear signals Tuesday willingness to understand their respective positions given their “shared values” and in partnerships when there is “far more happening there the world today” .

Emerged from the fourth + 2 meeting – and the first under the government of Biden – Minister of Foreign Affairs and US defense and India, the Secretary of State Antony Blinken requested joint values and international rule-based orders to call all nations to “condemn the action of Moscow Brutal “in Ukraine. He urged all partners “not to increase Russian energy purchases”.

Realizing the oblique reference to India and the purchase of Discounted Russian oil, the Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar, responded to the question of the lack of Indian criticism for Russian actions, said, “So first, thank you for your suggestions and suggestions in your question. I prefer do it my way and articulate it in my way

While Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin named Russia and slammed his actions, the Minister of Jaisankar and Defense Rajnath Singh did not punish Russia in their public reports. Since the start of the Ukrainian crisis, Delhi has maintained a diplomatic balance between the two parties – Russia on the other side and west led on the other.

For questions about the energy imports from Russia that have been campaigned by the West, Jaishankar said, “If you see the purchase of energy from Russia, I would suggest that your attention must be focused on Europe … we buy the energy needed for our energy security. But me Suspicious, see the numbers, maybe our total purchases for this month will be less than what Europe does in the afternoon. So, you might want to think about it. “

This is the second time in a month that Jaishankar has underlined that Indian Russian energy consumption is far less than Europe – there is pressure from the West to stop buying Russian oil. He last talked about this problem before the British Secretary British Liz Truss in Delhi last month.

He, however, strives to eliminate divergence: “Watch what is happening in the world, such as any country, and we draw our conclusions and make our judgment. And believe me, we have a decent feeling about what attracts us and knows how to protect it and Imping it. So I think some of what changes is we have more choices than we did before. “

Look at us today. We stand here for 2 + 2 with substantial defense collaboration that has occurred in the last decade, which we have discussed how to advance. And this is not an existing choice for 40 years before. So the world changes. The world will be Keep changing. What we have to do in our profession is watching it and see how your interest is the most advanced in this matter, “Jaishankar said, underlining that convergence exceeded the difference in Indo-US relations.

Blinken also said: “Of course, a long history and long relationship between India and Russia, including when it comes to military equipment. The relationship lasted many years ago at a time when I said, we could not be a partner for India . And again, as I said, we can now and are willing to be such a partner, to become a choice security partner for India. “