India's biggest foreign policy preoccupation is not Ukraine or Russia. It's China. Modi fears Putin is already looking eastward, toward Beijing.
npr.org
npr.org
“Indian defense experts may have been the only ones not surprised to see Russian tanks falling apart in Ukraine this past year, Pande says. They've been unhappy with Russian equipment for years.”
“Even if Washington doesn't like it, Biden administration officials say they understand why India has not condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and they're willing to grant India a wide berth.” #Realpolitik
Ukraine tensions flare at G20 meetings as India resists mentioning ‘war’ - South China Morning Post scmp.com
Indian officials hosting the G20 finance chiefs this week are also seeking to avoid using the word “war” in any joint statement when referring to Russia’s attack on Ukraine, a person familiar with the matter said.
bloomberg.com
bloomberg.com
India’s geopolitical importance to the US and its allies has increased as American policy makers seek to contain Beijing’s rise, with an increased focus on the so-called Quad group that includes Japan and Australia.
China's foreign minister Qin Gang arrives in New Delhi to attend the G20 FMs' summit.
“Global governance has failed”, declared India's Modi,
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India’s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said talks with his Chinese counterpart Qin Gang “focused on addressing current challenges to the bilateral relationship, especially peace and tranquility in the border areas.”
Eluding to the war in Ukraine, Modi acknowledged the conflict was causing "deep global divisions." But he encouraged the foreign ministers to put differences aside during their meeting Thursday.
While Delhi "would like to facilitate an end to this conflict that preserves relations with both Washington and Moscow and ends the disruption of the global economy," India did not have "any particular leverage" with Russia or Ukraine that would make a settlement likely.
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