4 Tweets Feb 01, 2023
Indian Media is pushing headlines like:
"India-China abstain from UNSC resolution against Russia"
It implies that India and China are on the same side. Wrong.
China abstained when it was supposed to vote for Russia.
India abstained when it was supposed to vote against Russia.
The absentation of China will please the West as China has always voted for Russia.
The absentation of India will infuriate the West (US, UK majorly) as India has often toed West's line.
India's absentation will please Russia and China's absentation will infuriate it.
India's absentation is natural as it has no skin in the game and Russia is a dependable ally.
China's absentation is weird as it has interests in both Ukraine and Russia and Russia is supposed to be its all-weather ally.
Desi defence experts are predicting that India will be made to toe the Russ-Ch-Pak axis now. Firstly, there are no axes like this and the result will actually be the completely opposite of it.
India-Russia partnership will grow at the expense of China-Russia Partnership

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