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Former Indian Foreign Minister Kanwal Sibal reasoned that Quad members do not accept Russian sanctions despite coercion by the Biden administration because Russia is no threat. India is more worried about the Biden agenda, such as the fall of Afghanistan and Ukraine now.
The former Indian Foreign Minister Kanwal Sibal reasoned that Moscow is not a threat according to Joe Biden; instead refused to support Russian sanctions.
Going against the US, New Delhi convinces members to stay neutral instead. Countries that followed Washington are having a crisis brought about by illegal sanctions.
US Fails To Get More Support From Asia
Sibal stressed the Quad must focus on the Indo-Pacific, and India refuses to consider Russia an adversary, reported RT.
Last Tuesday, heads of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue gave their joint statement after a summit held in Japan. The statement strongly emphasized security concerns in the South China Sea and Asia, slipping in Ukraine as a "tragic conflict" and a "humanitarian crisis," All four leaders spoke about their responses, cited New41 Media.
Sibal, a veteran diplomat who served as India's foreign minister between 2001 and 2002, informed RT on Tuesday this was not an accident.
Attempts To Subvert the Group to the US' Machinations
He added that Moscow was never a threat to the stability and security of the Indo-Pacific region. Warning that attempts by the US to bring in the Ukraine conflict to the affairs of the Quad; is not acceptable, noted Mass News.
India has energy relations and pursued investment in Russia's the Far East, and still buying oil from Russia. Another was issued on Monday by the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, a coalition of 13 Pacific countries organized by the United States that did not mention Ukraine or Russia.
The former Indian Foreign Minister said Quad members do not support Russian sanctions, except for humanitarian situations that need assistance.
White House claims a readout of US President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussing in Tokyo allegedly mentioned that New Delhi condemns Russia's war with Ukraine, which the US supports. It was denied, and the US was charged to be adding facts that never happened because India rebuked the demands it supports the sanctions against Moscow, added Sibal.
During the Cold War, India was a founding member of the Non-Aligned Movement, equipped with Soviet weapons without really establishing a partnership with the Soviet Union.
According to some analysts, about 85% of major Indian weapons systems are of Russian or Soviet make, including its military, economic, and political matters. India and Russia regularly refer to their interaction as a "special and privileged strategic partnership" in official papers.
The White House Baits Delhi
India refuses to stop buying cheap oil from Russia even as Joe Biden says the US will sell new weapons systems, despite Modi's rejecting the US demand to support sanctions against Vladimir Putin. Countries in Asia are ignoring the ramblings of the White House.
Sibal said no to sanctioning Moscow, which has never approved New Delhi, but the US and its allies have liberally sanctioned India at a whim for many years. He added only the United Nations Security Council could sanction Russia, not the US and Western allies doing it illegally.
Former Indian Foreign Minister said Russia is no threat to Quad members, and Russian sanctions are illegal. He took a potshot at the US that is allegedly arm twisting to get support from India.
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