New Delhi’s decades-long relationship with Moscow can’t be refashioned in months, the state department says
Washington doesn’t believe that it can swiftly disrupt the decades-long bilateral ties between India and Russia, US State Department spokesman Ned Price said.
During a briefing on Tuesday, Price was questioned about why groups, in which Washington and New Delhi participate jointly - including the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) of the US, India, Austria and Japan that held a summit on the same day - failed to put out a strong statement on Russia’s military operation in Ukraine.
“India has a relationship with Russia that has developed over the course of decades,” while the conflict in Ukraine is ongoing for only three months,” Price responded, making it clear that it wasn’t long enough for authorities in India to somehow change their stance.
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Washington doesn’t believe that it can swiftly disrupt the decades-long bilateral ties between India and Russia, US State Department spokesman Ned Price said.
During a briefing on Tuesday, Price was questioned about why groups, in which Washington and New Delhi participate jointly - including the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) of the US, India, Austria and Japan that held a summit on the same day - failed to put out a strong statement on Russia’s military operation in Ukraine.
“India has a relationship with Russia that has developed over the course of decades,” while the conflict in Ukraine is ongoing for only three months,” Price responded, making it clear that it wasn’t long enough for authorities in India to somehow change their stance.
Ex-Indian FM explains why Quad neglected Ukraine
India “prevailed” in keeping the Ukraine conflict out of the joint statement of the Quad leaders, the former foreign minister told RT
